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wide-eyed
[ wahyd-ahyd ]
adjective
- with the eyes open wide, as in amazement, innocence, or sleeplessness.
wide-eyed
adjective
- innocent or credulous
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wide-eyed1
Example Sentences
Bodyworn camera footage showed her listening to the arresting officer, wide-eyed but quiet and compliant.
She’s a wide-eyed and cautious trainee, as one might expect in someone suddenly thrust from a domestic cocoon into potentially dangerous territory.
“He told me she was consenting,” he responded, staring wide-eyed at the judges, referring to Mr. Pelicot.
Attention is showered on wide-eyed new members flooding the halls while those departing are rather ungraciously shunted aside in their final days.
“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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