1
: having or marked by unsophisticated or uncritical acceptance or admiration : naive
wide-eyed innocence
2
: having the eyes wide open especially with wonder or astonishment
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a wide-eyed and trusting child
the sort of phony UFO "artifacts" that wide-eyed tourists fall for
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This is a youthful, wide-eyed approach to Parker and to the story at large.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Unlike the new black-and-white image, Trump’s first portrait was in color, featuring the First Lady—face airbrushed into oblivion—wide-eyed, smiling with a hint of teeth, her arms crossed to display a massive diamond wedding ring.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
The film begins with wide-eyed Elvira (Lea Myren) and her younger sister Alma (Flo Fagerli) accompanying their widowed mother Rebekka (Ane Dahl Torp) to the kingdom of Swedlandia to join forces with older, single landowner Otto (Ralph Carlsson) and his lovely daughter Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
It's all anchored by MacLachlan's wide-eyed appreciation of the region's Douglas firs, good coffee, and cherry pie—all dictated in great detail to his offscreen secretary, Diana.
—Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
Unlike the new black-and-white image, Trump’s first portrait was in color, featuring the First Lady—face airbrushed into oblivion—wide-eyed, smiling with a hint of teeth, her arms crossed to display a massive diamond wedding ring.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
The film begins with wide-eyed Elvira (Lea Myren) and her younger sister Alma (Flo Fagerli) accompanying their widowed mother Rebekka (Ane Dahl Torp) to the kingdom of Swedlandia to join forces with older, single landowner Otto (Ralph Carlsson) and his lovely daughter Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
It's all anchored by MacLachlan's wide-eyed appreciation of the region's Douglas firs, good coffee, and cherry pie—all dictated in great detail to his offscreen secretary, Diana.
—Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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