Usage of "round-eyed"

Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.

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Having large round wide-open eyes.

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Sinònims

Examples for "simple"

The answer is simple: 300 million years ago, there was no Atlantic. 
 BBC 

She articulated a clear, simple purpose; to tell people about that reality. 
 The Irish Times 

Let the simple heart and hope among us Keep our family strong. 
 Radio NZ 

A simple solution has emerged as a result of the coronavirus crisis. 
 The Irish Times 

I pose this simple question: is our destiny with Europe or not? 
 The Guardian 

The question Artsutanov asked himself had the childlike brilliance of true genius. 
 The Fountains of Paradise 

Bush couldn't speak of that; the childlike nature of America prevented him. 
 The new yorker 

In fact, the manchild has become even more childlike in recent years. 
 The Guardian 

Especially since Thomas Nicasio hardly seemed childlike to her at that moment. 
 Explosive 

The smile on the face of the Japanese was childlike and bland. 
 The Submarine Boys and the Spies / Dodging the Sharks of the Dee... 

His great stories at bed time had made me wide-eyed with wonder. 
 News.com.au 

In the interval the two children watched the orchestra with wide-eyed interest. 
 Fanny Goes to War 

The engineer started up, wide-eyed and all alert now in the gloom. 
 Darkness and Dawn 

I gasp and rise to my feet, staring wide-eyed at the paper. 
 Origin 

The sightless sockets of the old moose stared wide-eyed down the river. 
 The Heart of Unaga 

Our newest dewy-eyed first-termer. He gestured from one person to the next. 
 The Name of the Wind 

Now we look back at those almost irradiated days with a dewy-eyed nostalgia. 
 News.com.au 

I'm not a dewy-eyed virgin, she told herself, with some regret. 
 The Wolf’s Hour 

He had a tendency to turn dewy-eyed under its influence. 
 The Information Officer 

Watching it over breakfast revived dewy-eyed memories of Mexico '70. 
 The Guardian 

Ús de round-eyed en anglès

All the ducks sat round-eyed in a circle about the mysterious singer. 
 Old Indian Legends 

Flora, her hands buried deep in the soapsuds, looked at him round-eyed. 
 The Long Shadow 

The boys scrambled on top of their forms, craning, round-eyed with excitement. 
 Shining Ferry 

Trudie is silent and round-eyed, awed by the speed of the vehicle. 
 Those who save us 

The two little girls, round-eyed and frightened, were sitting up in their cots. 
 Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa 

Londoners were in the country, staring, round-eyed, on fields and woods. 
 Bella Donna: A Novel 

Sid, aware of it, stared in round-eyed apprehension at his back. 
 Kenny 

Le Rossignol dropped her face, appearing to give round-eyed speculation to the fire. 
 The Lady of Fort St. John 

The owl merely stared at him, round-eyed, and made no reply. 
 The Tale of Benny Badger 

She watched him, round-eyed, as he went out into the hall. 
 The Edge of the Knife 

At the supper table he looked up, round-eyed, from his plate. 
 The Uphill Climb 

Young Matthew Henry opened his mouth and stared, round-eyed at such dreadful scepticism. 
 Major Vigoureux 

Nevertheless, they continued to inspect him with round-eyed, almost childlike wonder and pity. 
 Captain Blood 

The Thibodet slaves stood in a loose group, round-eyed and silent. 
 All souls' rising 

Nevertheless, the girls stared at me round-eyed in anticipation of my astonishing opinions. 
 Seraphina 

Howard-Venturus-lookedupto see the Goon face wearing an expression of round-eyed sympathy. 
 Archer’s Goon 

Round-eyed a través del temps

Significats de round-eyed en anglès