Gimlety

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    gimlet-eyed, piercing, sharp-sighted rare

    "1915, John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps His jaw had shut like a rat-trap, and there was the fire of battle in his gimlety eyes."

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"1915, John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps His jaw had shut like a rat-trap, and there was the fire of battle in his gimlety eyes."

Etymology

From gimlet + -y.

Related phrases

gimlet eyedsharp sighted

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