gimlety

== English == === Etymology === From gimlet + -y. === Adjective === gimlety (comparative more gimlety, superlative most gimlety) Resembling a gimlet or gimlets. (of eyes) Piercing, sharp-sighted. 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. ==== See also ==== gimlet-eyed