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starey, a.|ˈstɛərɪ|
Also stary.
[f. stare v. + -y1.]
1. Inclined to stare; giving the appearance of staring.
1924Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 557 A bit flushed and starey about the eyes but still breathing. 1950T. E. Lawrence Mint xiv. 50 Her eyes were starey, like a haddock's. 1960P. Coleridge Running Footsteps 170 Did he go blind at the end? He was getting very stary, very vacant, like. 1975Listener 9 Oct. 479/1 Vanessa Redgrave, very starey and earnest. 1980S. King Firestarter i. 57 There was something starey in her eyes that made him think about those combat-fatigue stories you heard during wartime.
2. = staring ppl. a. 3.
1955W. W. Denlinger Complete Boston i. 94 They [sc. internal parasites] reflect themselves in a dull starey coat. |