Both Uses of
askance
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Cary
- This said, his fixed eyes he turn'd askance,
A little ey'd me, then bent down his head,
And 'midst his blind companions with it fell.†Canto 1.1-11 *askance = with disapproval or distrust; or directed to one side
- Soon as arriv'd, they with an eye askance
Perus'd me, but spake not: then turning each
To other thus conferring said: "This one
Seems, by the action of his throat, alive.†Canto 1.23-34
Definition:
with disapproval, distrust, or suspicion
or:
directed to one side -- especially a sideways glance
or:
directed to one side -- especially a sideways glance