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Definition
with disapproval, distrust, or suspicionor:
directed to one side — especially a sideways glance
- He looked askance at the offer.
askance = with disapproval, distrust, or suspicion
- But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance—
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.Lewis Carroll -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Her beautiful eyes glanced askance at her husband's face...Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
- Danglars looked at him askance, as though to ascertain whether he spoke seriously.Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- A passing septon was looking at her askance.George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
- Accordingly, Olivier le Mauvais remained motionless, sulking at the king, and glancing askance at Jacques Coictier.Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- He looked askance at my luggage-less state, but then shrugged, not caring enough to ask.Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
- Javert gazed askance at this body, and, profoundly calm, said in a low tone: "It strikes me that I know that girl."Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- The turnkey looked askance at her all the while, but never spoke.George Eliot -- Adam Bede
- Are you going to stop wearing what all the other women wear—and be looked at askance?Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
- Every householder looked askance at such a woman and child inquiring for accommodation in the gloom.Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
- Carrie looked at him askance, half-suspicious of an appeal.Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
- The woman—for it was a woman—approached with her face askance, as if looking earnestly on all sides of her.Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
- For all that he was displeased enough, looked at me askance, and grumbled when he looked.Robert Louis Stevenson -- Kidnapped
- Osmond looked at him a moment askance.Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 2
- She suspects the motives of all mainlanders, looks askance at their apparent acts of goodwill.Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
- She appears to be at ease with the comparison, looking comically askance at Gogol.Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
- And so the king askance came to Sir Tristram, to comfort him as he lay sick in his bed.Thomas Malory -- Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I
- Eugene looked askance at a flower seller: where had the seasons gone?Eudora Welty -- The Golden Apples
- He eyed Bumble askance, as he entered, but scarcely deigned to nod his head in acknowledgment of his salutation.Charles Dickens -- Oliver Twist
askance = with distrust or suspicion