Dictionary Check: askance

"askance" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points
Words with Friends 15 points

Definition

adjective

(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

Example: "her eyes with their misted askance look"
adverb

with suspicion or disapproval

Example: "he looked askance at the offer"
adverb

with a side or oblique glance

Example: "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"

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