Meanings
comparative more stareful · superlative most stareful
- Characterised by staring.
A knock caused the front door to be opened after some delay, and he was confronted by a man who regarded him with stareful eyes.
1918, The Ohio Farmer, volume 142, page 3301 more example
Only see,—he is turning his white stareful face in every direction, and his lips are going a thousand and forty one, a thousand and forty two, a thousand and forty three; […]
1849, Martin Farquhar Tupper, The Crock of Gold
Origin
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