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- adjective
comparative form ofbeady : morebeady
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Examples
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Now, the beadier-eyed of you might have noticed there are some similarities between the lists.
Why possession of a celebrity perfume is reasonable grounds to end a relationship Hadley Freeman 2010
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He had on Homer Simpson-style reading glasses and his eyes were beadier in real life than on TV.
Scott Shrake: This Fred Thompson Thing Is a Joke, Right? 2008
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Sheldrake looked at Frank, his eyes narrowing and getting beadier.
The Hardy Boys Franklin W.Dixon 2001
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"Their ways are not sillier nor are their eyes beadier than our Mrs. Burwell's, yet she is honoured as a pillar of propriety, while they -- no matter; I hope the chicken when its moment comes will be tender and succulent."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917 Various
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His great face was yellow and seemed in that moment of a preternatural flabbiness; his beady eyes were beadier than ever.
Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini 1912
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"There is nothing different about the situation now other than regulators may keep a slightly beadier eye on operations."
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Now, the beadier-eyed of you might have noticed there are some similarities between the lists.
The Guardian World News Hadley Freeman 2010
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Now, the beadier-eyed of you might have noticed there are some similarities between the lists.
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The IRS would then move to close these loopholes, a process that will take years, the number of years lengthened, of course, by even beadier-eyed (but better dressed) attorneys who will use every legal dodge in their legal dodge bag of tricks in order to save their rich clients 'untaxed wealth so as to mightily increase their own.
The Moderate Voice 2009
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The IRS would then move to close these loopholes, a process that will take years, the number of years lengthened, of course, by even beadier-eyed (but better dressed) attorneys who will use every legal dodge in their legal dodge bag of tricks in order to save their rich clients 'untaxed wealth so as to mightily increase their own.
The Moderate Voice 2009
oroboros commented on the word beadier
Sounds like the letters: B D R
May 17, 2008