beadily

adv

Etymology

From beady + -ly.

  1. derived from *bedō
  2. derived from *bedu
  3. derived from bedu
  4. inherited from bede
  5. suffixed as beady — “bead + y
  6. suffixed as beadily — “beady + ly

Definitions

  1. in an avaricious or penetrating manner.

    • Catweazle paused, about to drink from an old baked-bean tin while Touchwood looked on beadily.
    • Finally he began to hover in the open window of the shack, buzzing there with his furious wings, looking at me beadily, then, flash, he was gone.
    • It was a part of his general mischief—he lurched about all day, asked leading questions, rubbed up old scandals and scratched beadily for new ones.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA