beady

comparative beadier · comparative more beady · superlative beadiest · superlative most beady

1. Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.

   seeing Mrs. Bute's beady eyes

   1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

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   I shivered in every limb, and a cold beady dew sprang out on my temples as I stood with eyes riveted on the spectral figure before me.

   1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major

2. Bright and penetrating. (of eyes or a look)

   Cracked eggs, dead birds, scream as they fight for life / I can feel death, can see its beady eyes

   1996, Radiohead, “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”, in The Bends

3. Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads.
4. Characterized by beads.

   beady liquor