askance
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy - "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen - sidelong glances • Syn: askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong • Similar to: indirect
1. with suspicion or disapproval - he looked askance at the offer 2. with a side or oblique glance - did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes
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