gimletyadj.
/ˈɡɪmlɪti/ Of eyes: piercing like a gimlet.
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piercinga1400
piercive1567
narrow1587
lynceous1592
lyncean1622
telescopic1749
ferrety1801
pee pee1804
falcon-eyed1847
peepy1847
naked-bladed1856
gimlety1899
night-adapted1961
1899 Daily News 3 Jan. 5/6 Small, gimlety eyes.
1900 Daily News 3 May 7/2 I can see the black, beady, gimletty, oblique eyes of his opponent glitter.
1919 J. Buchan Thirty-nine Steps 13 Small gimlety blue eyes.
1955 English Digest June 44/2 Corporal of Horse Pomfret..subjected us to a dispassionate scrutiny. His gimlety eye fell on me.
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