ASKANCE

askance|askaunt. Askance, or Askaunt, ad. sideways, obliquely

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{ A‐skance″ (�), 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.