Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having soft, gentle, or tender eyes.

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Examples

  • Evelyn was a tall, soft-eyed, sweet-tempered teenager, and Simon spent his nights flirting with her under the pretense of learning the local language.

    Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

  • Evelyn was a tall, soft-eyed, sweet-tempered teenager, and Simon spent his nights flirting with her under the pretense of learning the local language.

    Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

  • Evelyn was a tall, soft-eyed, sweet-tempered teenager, and Simon spent his nights flirting with her under the pretense of learning the local language.

    Spellbound Karen Palmer 2010

  • From South of the Border comes this soft-eyed gentle little pet of all Mexican children, and the hard-working friend of their parents ... to make Christmas this year unforgettable for your youngster!

    Boing Boing 2007

  • But we only have to look at a portrait of Mrs Gaskell, soft-eyed beneath her charming veil to see that she was a dove.

    42 entries from November 2007 2007

  • But we only have to look at a portrait of Mrs Gaskell, soft-eyed beneath her charming veil to see that she was a dove.

    The Cambridge Companions to my Oxford Friends 2007

  • But we only have to look at a portrait of Mrs Gaskell, soft-eyed beneath her charming veil to see that she was a dove.

    The Cambridge Companions to my Oxford Friends 2007

  • It soon became clear that the mastermind was Osama bin Laden, the deceptively soft-eyed fanatic, black sheep of a respected Saudi Arabian family.

    A Fable: What the President's response to 9/11 might have been 2008

  • I would gaze on the Host after the words of consecration, soft-eyed like a lover looking into the eyes of his beloved ...

    The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006

  • Pied, dumb-footed shapes, padding along in that soft-eyed, remote world of theirs, with a tall riding splash of red in front, and a tall splash of riding red behind.

    The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays 2004

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