Askant (adjective)
Aslant, or sloping.
Askant (adverb)
Aslant, or askance, or sideways
Askance (adverb)
With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
“The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.”
Askance (adverb)
Sideways; obliquely.
Askance (adjective)
Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
Askance (verb)
To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
Askance (verb)
To turn (one’s eye or gaze) to the side.
Wiktionary
Askance (adverb)
with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval
“a waiter looked askance at his jeans”
“the reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition”
Oxford Dictionary