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Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.
simple
childlike
round-eyed
dewy-eyed
naive
naif
(Used of eyes) fully open or extended.
wide
open
opened
1
His great stories at bed time had made me
wide
-
eyed
with wonder.
2
In the interval the two children watched the orchestra with
wide
-
eyed
interest.
3
The engineer started up,
wide
-
eyed
and all alert now in the gloom.
4
I gasp and rise to my feet, staring
wide
-
eyed
at the paper.
5
The sightless sockets of the old moose stared
wide
-
eyed
down the river.
6
She let herself stare at him
wide
-
eyed
,
as was her natural reaction.
7
Percy had offered her his hand, and she,
wide
-
eyed
,
had taken it.
8
No response, just Calli's usual
wide
-
eyed
,
flat expression gazing back at her.
9
Solon took it respectfully, gazing at her in
wide
-
eyed
and open-mouthed wonder.
10
Baldus clung
wide
-
eyed
behind Arkoniel, a small bundle clutched in one hand.
11
A sudden rush of painful recollection unceremoniously jolted Faith into
wide
-
eyed
awareness.
12
All night she lay staring
wide
-
eyed
through the darkness till the dawn.
13
She sat up in bed,
wide
-
eyed
,
peering into the darkness and listening.
14
The children did not even cry; they stared,
wide
-
eyed
,
paralysed with fear.
15
I try to keep up my
wide
-
eyed
act, but it crumbles easily.
16
In Munich, later that month, an audience had stared,
wide
-
eyed
and open-mouthed.