Canadian English Meaning of askance
askance
Other Canadian English words related to askance
- incredulously
- Sideways
- suspiciously
- anxiously
- critically
- distrustfully
- doubtfully
- doubtfully
- dubiously
- negatively
- quizzically
- sceptically
- cautiously
- with a grain of salt
- apprehensively
- cynically
- disapprovingly
- disparagingly
- guardedly
- Hesitantly
- hesitantly
- distrustfully
- questioningly
- reproachfully
- reprovingly
- unbelievingly
- uncomfortably
- uneasily
- unfavourably
Nearest Words of askance
Definitions and Meaning of askance in English
askance (s)
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
askance (r)
with suspicion or disapproval
with a side or oblique glance
askance (adv.)
Alt. of Askant
askance (v. t.)
To turn aside.
FAQs About the word askance
askance
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy, with suspicion or disapproval, with a side or oblique glanceAlt
incredulously,Sideways,suspiciously,anxiously,critically,distrustfully,doubtfully,doubtfully,dubiously,negatively
approvingly,confidently,favourably,positively,trustingly,trustfully,uncritically,optimistically,unquestioningly
ask round => ask around, ask over => ask over, ask out => ask out, ask jeeves => Ask Jeeves, ask in => ask in,
