Definitions
with a side or oblique glance
Word origin
Unknown. Possibly from Middle English askances (“as if”), or from Old French a escone (“hidden”) or Italian a scancio (“obliquely”). Compare asquint, Middle English askoyn (“at a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin, schuins (“sideways”), schuiven (“to shove”), schuinte (“slope”).
Used in a sentence
“The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.”
“The scandal of opposition died down, and the stone-carver himself, though the town-folk continued to eye him askance, was able to secure other work through the favor of discriminating patrons.”
“Both […] were viewed askance by authority.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“With suspicion”7 letters
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