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Adjective: askance  u'skãn(t)s
  1. (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";
    - askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
Adverb: askance  u'skãn(t)s
  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"

See also: indirect