gimlety

English

Etymology

gimlet +‎ -y

Adjective

gimlety (comparative more gimlety, superlative most gimlety)

1. (rare) gimlet-eyed, 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.