Meaning of askance

(adj) (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"

(adv) with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"

with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"