"beady" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbiː.di/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbi.di/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-beady.wav [Southern-England] Forms: beadier [comparative], more beady [comparative], beadiest [superlative], most beady [superlative]
Etymology: From bead + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|bead|y|id2=adjectival}} bead + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} beady (comparative beadier or more beady, superlative beadiest or most beady)
  1. Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.
    Sense id: en-beady-en-adj-1ZmQoqSb
  2. Bright and penetrating. (of eyes or a look)
    Sense id: en-beady-en-adj-J48fQIxK
  3. Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads.
    Sense id: en-beady-en-adj-YWvte1bu
  4. Characterized by beads. Categories (topical): Eye
    Sense id: en-beady-en-adj-u5z5e3Wa Disambiguation of Eye: 8 24 20 47 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 34 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 7 24 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 15 16 23 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beadily, beadiness, beady eye Related terms: beady-eyed, beadies

Inflected forms

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