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Meanings of dewy-eyed in English

Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.

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Usage of dewy-eyed in English
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Our newest dewy-eyed first-termer. He gestured from one person to the next.
The Name of the Wind
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Now we look back at those almost irradiated days with a dewy-eyed nostalgia.
News.com.au
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I'm not a dewy-eyed virgin, she told herself, with some regret.
The Wolf’s Hour
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He had a tendency to turn dewy-eyed under its influence.
The Information Officer
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Watching it over breakfast revived dewy-eyed memories of Mexico '70.
The Guardian
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Naturally we joined in the Thursday clap, but we don't get dewy-eyed over the NHS.
The Guardian
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I don't want to go all dewy-eyed on you, but I'm worried about this girl.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
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They exiled Reza Khan and installed his pliant, dewy-eyed twenty-one-year-old son, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
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Tomorrow I'll watch you, all dewy-eyed with wonder.
The Wise Man’s Fear
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It's a post-ironic take on point-and-clicks rather than a dewy-eyed nostalgia trip, and better for it.
The Guardian
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Tony Blair goes dewy-eyed talking about his kids.
The Irish Times
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She walked back to her cubicle muttering to herself, leaving Harry alone with the dewy-eyed martyr.
The increment: a novel
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What a sweet little piece she was, all tender and dewy-eyed and ripe for the picking.
Crucifixion river
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She doesn't often look at me the way I look at her: a little dewy-eyed, smiling wistfully.
For whom the minivan rolls: an aaron tucker mystery
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She was still selling automobiles, deodorants, CDs, and a host of other products to her dewy-eyed audience.
Ancient shores
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Soon he's revving and racing and fighting just as in his bachelor days, with his wife's dewy-eyed blessing.
The Guardian