Origin: Latin
suffix -ance
Askance has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Adjective
· Adverb
Verb
1
To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
Adjective
1
(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"
"sidelong glances"
2
Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
Adverb
1
with suspicion or disapproval
"he looked askance at the offer"
2
with a side or oblique glance
"did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
3
With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
Example Sentences
"her eyes with their misted askance look"
adjective
"sidelong glances"
adjective
"he looked askance at the offer"
adverb
"did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
adverb