askance

a·skance  (-skns) also a·skant (-sknt)

adv.

1. With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust: "The area is so dirty that merchants report the tourists are looking askance" (Chris Black).

2. With a sideways glance; obliquely.

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askance [ass-kanss]

Adverb

look askance at

a. to look at with an oblique glance

b. to regard with suspicion [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	askance - (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"
Adv.	1.	askance - with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
	2.	askance - with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"

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askance

adverb 1. suspiciously, doubtfully, dubiously, sceptically, disapprovingly, distrustfully, mistrustfully

adverb 2. out of the corner of your eye, sideways, indirectly, awry, obliquely, with a side glance

Translations

askance [əˈskɑːns] adv to look askance at sb → mirar con recelo a algn

askance [əˈskɑːns] adv to look askance at sb → regarder qn de travers or d'un œil désapprobateur

askance [əˈskɑːns] adv to look askance at sb → jdn misstrauisch ansehen;

to look askance at sth → etw mit Misstrauen betrachten

askance [əˈskɑːns] adv to look askance at sb → guardare qn di traverso