squinty

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective characterized by squinting
adjective (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - Elizabeth Bowen

From squint + -y.

She knew right well, no-one better, what made squinty Edy say that because of him cooling in his attentions when it was simply a lovers’ quarrel. — Ulysses, James Joyce
After a few minutes of painful stillness she walked up to Daniel, and plucked him by the coat-sleeve: “Eh, you don’t know who I am?” she asked, and her squinty eyes shone on him with enigmatic savagery: “I am Philippina; you know, Philippina Schimmelweis.” Daniel stepped back from her: “Well, what of it?” he asked, wrinkling his brow. — The Goose Man, Jakob Wassermann

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