Usually means: Looking with suspicion or disapproval.
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  1. askance: Merriam-Webster.com
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  3. askance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  9. askance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  13. askance: Online Etymology Dictionary
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  15. askance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  18. askance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (askance)

adverb:  (of a look or glance) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
adverb:  Sideways; obliquely.
adjective:  Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
verb:  (rare, transitive) To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
verb:  (rare, transitive) To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.

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