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beady

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bead·y  (bd)
adj. bead·i·er, bead·i·est
1. Small, round, and shiny: beady eyes.
2. Decorated or covered with beads.
beady
Adjective
[beadier, beadiest] small, round, and glittering: beady eyes
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.beady - small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes"
beadlike, buttonlike, buttony
bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
2.beady - covered with beads or jewels or sequins
gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly
adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
beady
adjective bright, powerful, concentrated, sharp, intense, shining, glittering, gleaming, glinting
Translations
beady [ˈbiːdɪ] adj [eyes] → pequeño y brillante
beady [ˈbiːdɪ] adj beady eyes → yeux mpl de fouine
beady [ˈbiːdɪ] adj beady eyes → Knopfaugen pl
beady [ˈbiːdɪ] adj beady eyes → occhi mpl piccoli e penetranti


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--with their forked tongues, their beady eyes and glittering scales, their hissing and their rattling--did I not already know them far too well on that day of my first circus when I saw the snake-charmer lift them up?
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
Here was the fighter--the beast with a streak for a forehead, with beady eyes under lowering and bushy brows, flat-nosed, thick-lipped, sullen-mouthed.
The Game by London, Jack View in context
Da Souza cried, his beady eyes protuberant, and his glass arrested half-way to his mouth.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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