beady

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Resembling beads

   Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.

   • seeing Mrs. Bute's beady eyes
   • I shivered in every limb, and a cold beady dew sprang out on my temples as I stood with eyes riveted on the spectral figure before me.
2. 2

   Bright and penetrating. (of eyes or a look)

   • Cracked eggs, dead birds, scream as they fight for life / I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
3. 3

   Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads.

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   1. 4

      Characterized by beads.

      • beady liquor

The neighborhood

• neighborbeady-eyed
• neighborbeadies