All 3 Uses of
askance
in
War and Peace
- Her beautiful eyes glanced askance at her husband's face, and her own assumed the timid, deprecating expression of a dog when it rapidly but feebly wags its drooping tail.†
Chpt 1 *askance = with disapproval or distrust; or directed to one side
- He looked askance at Princess Mary and said: "There are no horses; I told Yakov Alpatych so."†
Chpt 10
- The soldiers looked askance at him with surprise and even alarm as they went past him.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
with disapproval, distrust, or suspicion
or:
directed to one side -- especially a sideways glance
or:
directed to one side -- especially a sideways glance