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Very green, dewy ground around island and river
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wide-eyed
Word definitions for wide-eyed in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy" [syn: childlike , dewy-eyed , simple ] (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "listened in round-eyed wonder"; "stared with wide eyes" [syn: ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Having large or wide-open eyes. 2 (context by extension English) astonished or surprised.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ wide-eyed wonder ▪ a wide-eyed idealist ▪ Ralph lay awake in the dark, wide-eyed .
Usage examples of wide-eyed.
Sufis were wide-eyed in wonder as we climbed back up, backs laden with presents.
Con, while Banty stood as if petrified, staring wide-eyed at his seemingly insane cousin.
Jaina looked to her other side, where Eryl Besa sat stiff-bodied and wide-eyed, the victim of a neural tail shock - a voxyn attack form they had not known about until Duman Yaght suggested that Eryl experience it.
Through the days of their childhood they were inseparable, roaming the lanes between Ballybay and Carrickmacross, the daring Sean leading the wide-eyed Jamie into scrapes and adventures and pranks.
There were a dozen or more customers standing around the counters, and they all stood staring in wide-eyed astonishment.
He slid Cristy off his lap and started for the phone as Cristy watched, wide-eyed, undoubtedly trying to decide whether she would cry to get what she wanted or acquiesce and ask for a grilled cheese.
There she was, pale, wide-eyed behind spectacles, and clutching the statue, facing Crofton and a bunch of wild, drunken men who had just battered down the door.
Too cynical for surprise, Lord Diegan glanced aside to find Lysaer watching the affray, his unruffled, wide-eyed dignity at odds with innocent intentions.
There was no answer for a moment, then Eleuth swung the door wide open and stared at him, blinking wide-eyed.
Her face was high-boned, wide-eyed, vulnerable but determined, and just looking at her again made Finlay all the more determined to defend her from all the dangers and cruelties in the world.
Wide-eyed, Tristan saw the trees and bushes around the Firbolg bend fantastically, reaching for the monster and closing hard curls of wood around its huge limbs.
Carlinya was in the best shape, and she stood wide-eyed and shaking, fingering dark hair that now ended frizzily a hand from her scalp.
The two kneelers jumped to their feet, wide-eyed, hands darting to their pubes.
And the Kashmiri touts on Paharganj were wide-eyed, desperate for business in the face of all the adverse publicity.
There was a small sound, and Mauk looked at the boy, and the boy pointed, wide-eyed.