Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion (used especially of glances).
with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
(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"
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
