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SQUINTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does squinty mean?
• SQUINTY (adjective)
The adjective SQUINTY has 2 senses:
1. characterized by squinting
2. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Familiarity information: SQUINTY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: squintiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by squinting
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
he looked with squinty eyes
Pertainym:
squint (the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Synonyms:
askance; askant; asquint; sidelong; squint; squint-eyed; squinty
Context example:
sidelong glances
Similar:
indirect (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination)
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