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beady

(biːdi)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Beady eyes are small, round, and bright.
Meg felt the old woman's beady eyes on her.
Synonyms: bright, powerful, concentrated, sharp More Synonyms of beady
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If someone keeps a beady eye on a person or organization, they watch them carefully and suspiciously.
The chairman keeps a beady eye on things.

beady in British English

(ˈbiːdɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: beadier or beadiest
1. 
small, round, and glittering: used esp of eyes
2. 
resembling or covered with beads
Derived forms
beadily (ˈbeadily)
adverb
beadiness (ˈbeadiness)
noun

beady in American English

(ˈbidi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈbeadier or ˈbeadiest
1. 
small, round, and glittering like a bead
beady eyes
2. 
decorated with beads

Examples of 'beady' in a sentence
beady

Its beady eyes stare back at me from across the room.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He shut his charming beady eyes to squeeze the tears out.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The two biggest things that jumped out at me were how flat its head was and for such a large animal how beady its eyes are.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
She can see his thoughts in his beady eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He just looks at me with his beady eyes.
The Sun (2010)
His eyes are beady with ambition.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Fifth, keep a beady eye on costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This insect's chubby cheeks and beady eyes look familiar.
The Sun (2013)
Doesn't a pair of beady eyes in the corner of the room put them off their stroke?
The Sun (2008)
Today the tree population has shrunk, but if you keep a beady eye out you may well find one lurking in some woodland near you.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was at once clear Moby had his beady little eyes on world stardom and he wasn't disappointed.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She knew exactly what he meant and fixed him, and all of us, with a beady look.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's perfectly reasonable to be turned off by the thought of two beady little eyes staring at you while you're trying to get down.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
(adjective) 
Definition
small, round, and glittering
She felt a pair of beady eyes on her.
Synonyms
bright
Newborns hate bright lights and loud noises.
powerful
in the grip of a powerful emotion
concentrated
She makes a concentrated effort to keep her feet on the ground.
sharp
He is very sharp and swift with repartee.
intense
He was sweating from the intense heat.
shining
shining brass buttons
glittering
gleaming
a gleaming new car
glinting

Additional synonyms

in the sense of concentrated
She makes a concentrated effort to keep her feet on the ground.
Synonyms
intense,
hard,
deep,
intensive,
all-out (informal)
in the sense of gleaming
a gleaming new car
Synonyms
shining,
bright,
brilliant,
glowing,
sparkling,
glimmering,
glistening,
scintillating,
burnished,
lustrous
in the sense of intense
Definition
of very great force, strength, degree, or amount
He was sweating from the intense heat.
Synonyms
extreme,
great,
severe,
fierce,
serious (informal),
deep,
powerful,
concentrated,
supreme,
acute,
harsh,
intensive,
excessive,
profound,
exquisite,
drastic,
forceful,
protracted,
unqualified,
agonizing,
mother of all (informal)

Nearby words of
beady

  • beached
  • beacon
  • bead
  • beady
  • beak
  • beaked
  • beaker

Synonyms of 'beady'

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