ASKANCE


Meaning of ASKANCE in English

a ‧ skance /əˈskæns, əˈskɑːns $ əˈskæns/ BrE AmE adverb

[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Origin: Perhaps from Italian a scancio 'across' ]

look askance (at somebody/something) if you look askance at someone or something, you do not approve of them or think they are good:

A waiter looked askance at Ellis’s jeans.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.