† squintlyadv.
Obsolete.
In a squinting manner. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adverb] > looking sideways
asquinta1250
sidelings?a1400
bagginglyc1400
askoyc1425
askilec1450
to look sideways1652
squintly1655
skew-eyed1658
with eye askant1753
skaunt1791
out of, with the tail of the eye1805
1655 G. Emmot Northern Blast 12 The people who are not of the same opinion with us, we look squintly upon them.
a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 413 Looking squintly on others, as not well affected to them.
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