beadier; beadiest
1
a
: resembling beads
b
: small, round, and shiny with interest or greed
beady eyes
2
: marked by bubbles or beads
a beady liquor
beadily adverb

Examples of beady in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In a bid to convince workers that commuting into an office to do the very same job—except under the beady eyes of the boss—is worth their while, employers have been pimping up their workplaces with better coffee machines, living walls, and the latest tech equipment. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024 Options that don't involve beady…jet black…over-sized…eyes. Condé Nast, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023 Etch out the eyes, then stick red sewing pins through the center of each to create beady stares. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2023 That contrasts with dozens of rudimentary, half-anthropomorphized parakeets — pink, green, yellow and blue birds with beady eyes and bulbous nostrils. Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023 The shapes: beady or fingerlike projections and even soft, bag-like fibromas. Jessica Chia, SELF, 20 Apr. 2022 The horizontal ovals of the outboard cornering lights carry through to the side mirrors; the upright ovals of the tiny projector headlights draw the eye to the SC's beady glare; the soft fascia of the bumper gives way to the air dam's stark Porsche-like aggression. Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 26 June 2020 Expect more to appear in the coming months and years as the next generation of powerful telescopes focus their beady eyes on the vast population of dwarf planets orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune. The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023 That lavish imagination, that beady understanding of power. Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of beady was in 1826

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“Beady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beady. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

beady

adjective
beadier; beadiest
: resembling beads
especially : small, round, and shiny
beady eyes

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