squinty

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Her eyes seem more squinty, her nose looks smaller, and her cheeks look puffier.

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  1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
  2. characterized by squinting

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  • I wasn't used to her squinty-eyed appraisal, as if suddenly there was something suspicious about me. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 02 - August 2003
  • He sits on the southeast side, morning sunlight picking out his fine long springy whiskers; at night when she walks home he's lying in the southwest sun, content and squinty-eyed. —  ChallengingDestiny#24:August2007
  • Pudgy cheeks made his eyes appear squinty, and his dark orbs traveled quickly over the three of them. —  O'Clare, Lorie - Sex Slaves Trilogy (v1.0)
  • However, physically, they didn't have that Stepford quality I'd expect from the Secret Service, that chiseled, squinty-eyed, three-genes-removed-from-Clint-Eastwood look. —  GUDMagazineIssue1::Autumn2007
  • Finally, I'm really not getting what all the sexy-squinty-eyes are all about. —  Best Week Ever
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