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Meaning of gimlety | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

gimlet-eyed, piercing, sharp-sighted

rare

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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