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Round-eyed   /raʊnd-aɪd/   Listen
Round-eyed

adjective
1.
Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.  Synonyms: childlike, dewy-eyed, simple, wide-eyed.  "Dewy-eyed innocence" , "Listened in round-eyed wonder"
2.
Having large round wide-open eyes.  Synonym: saucer-eyed.






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"Round-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books



... wide, airy hall, Betty had a glimpse of the drawing-room through the open doors. In a confused way she noticed mirrors and statuary and portraits, handsome old furniture and rare pieces of bric-a-brac; but one thing caught her attention so that she stood a moment in round-eyed admiration. It was a large harp, whose gracefully curving frame gleamed through the shadowy room like burnished gold. Fair and tall it stood, as if its strings had just been swept by some of the Shining Ones beyond, who were a part of ...
— The Little Colonel's House Party • Annie Fellows Johnston

... ain't horrid!" Fern Dillon bounced off the grass like an angry hornet, then collapsed beside the baby brother, who evidently was not given much to talking, for he had not said a word, but simply stared in round-eyed surprise at the pretty stranger child. "Oh, dear, ...
— The Lilac Lady • Ruth Alberta Brown

... Bennietod, with an edge of an old horse pistol showing beneath his cuff; and, round-eyed and alert as a bird newly alighted on a stranger sill, Little Cawthorne stood; and the sight put strength into St. George, and ...
— Romance Island • Zona Gale

... a comprehensive, round-eyed stare at the unpromising surroundings, and followed Happy Jack. "By golly, that's right. Yuh don't git me into no ...
— The Happy Family • Bertha Muzzy Bower



Words linked to "Round-eyed" :   childlike, simple, eyed, wide-eyed, naif, dewy-eyed, naive, saucer-eyed



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