Adjective askance has 1 sense
  1. askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong - (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"
    Antonym: direct (indirect, via indirect)
,Adverbial askance has 2 senses
  1. askance - with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
  2. askance - with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
,
TOP