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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