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What (who) is askance - definition
askance
adv. to look askance at
askance
1.
If you look askance at someone or something, you have a doubtful or suspicious attitude towards them.
They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR at n
2.
If you look askance atsomeone, you look at them in a doubtful or suspicious way.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR at n
Askance
·vt To turn aside.
II. Askance ·adv ·Alt. of Askant.
Examples of use of askance
1. Many in the universities looked askance at these developments.
2. Men at pubs began looking askance as their friends maneuvered their way into casual hookups.
3. Libyan society still looks askance at women who want to work after marriage.
4. "I think the party really will be looking at this askance.
5. Not the one familiar today, of looking askance at anybody over 50.