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wide-eyed

[ wahyd-ahyd ]

adjective

  1. with the eyes open wide, as in amazement, innocence, or sleeplessness.


wide-eyed

adjective

  1. innocent or credulous
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wide-eyed1

First recorded in 1850–55
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Bodyworn camera footage showed her listening to the arresting officer, wide-eyed but quiet and compliant.

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She’s a wide-eyed and cautious trainee, as one might expect in someone suddenly thrust from a domestic cocoon into potentially dangerous territory.

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“He told me she was consenting,” he responded, staring wide-eyed at the judges, referring to Mr. Pelicot.

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Attention is showered on wide-eyed new members flooding the halls while those departing are rather ungraciously shunted aside in their final days.

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“It seemed like it digged the piece,” Aitken said, as wide-eyed and sincere as he is when talking about all of his work.

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