[
UK
/ɐskˈɑːns/
]
[ US /əˈskæns/ ]
[ US /əˈskæns/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
sidelong glances
her eyes with their misted askance look
ADVERB
-
with a side or oblique glance
did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes -
with suspicion or disapproval
he looked askance at the offer
How To Use askance In A Sentence
- The public looks askance at economists because they think of them primarily as forecasters.
- These strange creatures allegedly dress all in black and have their own subculture which decent Aucklanders look askance at.
- A waiter looked askance at Ellis's jeans.
- No, it was not Jenny who made him look askance at the legacy.
- Apparently he was a loner there, too, and looked at askance, so his family moved, which they'd been planning on doing, anyway.
- The tradition that you came from often looked askance at constitutions, regarding them as mere pieces of paper.
- The hand of history that occasionally grips the Prime Minister's shoulder disturbs a countenance effusive with passion, belief and vision, and knocks askance a golden gloriole of goodness.
- I'll settle for a sand-filled sock and merely stun them senseless if they should as much as look at me askance on this day.
- The visitation staff initially looked askance at the brouhaha, but they ended up laughing hysterically at the bizarre display.
- Many people look askance at pension companies and pension salespeople.
