askance vs italic

askance

adj
  • Turned to the side, especially of the eyes. 

verb
  • To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side. 

  • To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance. 

adv
  • Sideways; obliquely. 

  • With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion. 

italic

adj
  • Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique. 

  • Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century. 

noun
  • An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance. 

  • A typeface in which the letters slant to the right. 

How often have the words askance and italic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )