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Definition of Squinty

1. Adjective. Characterized by squinting. "He looked with squinty eyes"

2. Adjective. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy. "Sidelong glances"

Definition of Squinty

1. Adjective. Afflicted with a squint ¹

2. Adjective. sidelong ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squinty

1. marked by squinting [adj SQUINTIER, SQUINTIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squinty

squint-eye squint-eyed squint hook squint like a bag of nails squinted squinter squinters squintest squintier squintiest

squintifego squinting squinting eye squintingly squints squinty (current term) squiny squinying squinzey squinzeys

squirage squirages squiralties squiralty squirarch squirarchies squirarchs squirarchy squircle squircles

Literary usage of Squinty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. My Australian Girlhood: Sketches and Impressions of Bush Life by Campbell Praed, Rosa Caroline Praed (1902)
"Jerry is the squinty- eyed chap's son, and his father has told him to be kind to me. The squinty-eyed chap is English. He came out twenty years ago, ..."

2. Film Folk: "close-ups" of the Men, Women, and Children who Make the "movies" by Robert Leicester Wagner (1918)
"When squinty could finally distinguish between light and darkness, he made a very ashamed exit. The director stood there grinnin' while this was goin' on; ..."

3. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet by Bernard Shaw (1911)
"Blanco Posnet is brought in by Strapper Kemp, the Sheriff's brother, and a cross-eyed man called squinty. Others follow. Blanco is evidently a blackguard. ..."

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