gimlety
gimlety · more gimlety · most gimlety
Resembling a gimlet or gimletsResembling a gimlet or gimlets.
Meaning
2 sensesResembling a gimlet or gimlets.
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.
Forms
more gimlety, most gimlety| Comparative | more gimlety Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most gimlety Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedgimlet-eyed
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form