askance Copy link • askance: Phr.: to look a., limis oculis aspicere, Pl.: she smiled a., limis subrisit ocellis, Ov.: v. obliquely.
ASKANCE, ASKAUNCE Copy link • ASKANCE, ASKAUNCEoblique: in obliquum. To look askance at anybody, aliquem limis oculis adspicere (Plaut.), aliquem limis spectare (Ter.).