[ adj ] (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy <adj.all> her eyes with their misted askance looksidelong glances
Askance \A*skance"\, Askant \A*skant"\, adv. [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. {Asquint}.] Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
They dart away; they wheel askance. --Beattie.
My palfrey eyed them askance. --Landor.
Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. --Gladstone.
askant \askant\ adj. 1. toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance.