Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Small, round, and shiny.
- adjective Decorated or covered with beads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bead-like; small, round, and glittering: applied especially to eyes.
- Covered with or full of beads; having a bead, as ale or other liquor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
- adjective Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
- adjective Characterized by beads.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling
beads ; small, round, and gleaming. - adjective Bright and penetrating.
- adjective Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads.
- adjective Characterized by beads.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with beads or jewels or sequins
- adjective small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button
Etymologies
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Examples
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He stopped to look down on a grave smothered in beady tokens, the grave of the last pal to fall.
Fighting France 1915
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If they’re what I call beady-eyed vegetarians, they do fine.
Folic acid and cognitive impairment | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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I seemed to recall his beady little eyes gleaming up at me in appreciation from below the edge of my fan.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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That was what Toddles called his beady-eyed conductor in retaliation.
The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories Franklin K. [Editor] Mathiews
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But, after my bone chilling stare, he ground it while I beady-eyed him.
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But, after my bone chilling stare, he ground it while I beady-eyed him.
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First it was Kevin Page, casting too beady an eye on Conservative government spending.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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But, after my bone chilling stare, he ground it while I beady-eyed him.
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Kenney's department has its cold and beady eye on Hungary at the moment, precisely because some Roma are arriving here.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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I see the beady eyes watching, waiting, expectant, with one thing in mind: “I will escape.”
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011
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