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bead·y
(bē′dē)adj. bead·i·er, bead·i·est
1. Small, round, and shiny: beady eyes.
2. Decorated or covered with beads.
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beady
(ˈbiːdɪ)adj, beadier or beadiest
1. small, round, and glittering: used esp of eyes
2. resembling or covered with beads
ˈbeadily adv
ˈbeadiness n
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bead•y
(ˈbi di)adj. bead•i•er, bead•i•est.
1. beadlike; small, round, and glittering: beady eyes.
2. covered with or full of beads.
[1820–30]
bead′i•ly, adv.
bead′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. |  beady - small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes"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 |
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beady
adjective bright, powerful, concentrated, sharp, intense, shining, glittering, gleaming, glinting She felt the old woman's beady eyes on her.
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Translations
خَرَزي الشَّكْل
korálkovitý
lítill og glitrandi
korálikový
küçük ve parlak
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bead
(biːd) noun a little ball of glass etc strung with others in a necklace etc. She's wearing two strings of wooden beads.
ˈbeady adjective (of eyes) small and bright. the beady eyes of the bird.
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