| 1. addistrustfully; with a sideways glance. askancea*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. my palfrey eyed them askance. both were viewed askance by authority.askance a*skance, v. t. to turn aside. [poet.] o, how are they wrapped in with infamies that from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! |