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: having or marked by unsophisticated or uncritical acceptance or admiration : naive
wide-eyed innocence
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: having the eyes wide open especially with wonder or astonishment
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But in some ways, their son’s wide-eyed response wasn’t so off base: From the perspective of the 2020s, there is something otherworldly about the mid-aughts internet that brought his parents together.
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Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
But Civil War’s Jessie is mostly so wide-eyed that there’s barely a character there.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
The 25-year-old Priscilla actress perfectly balances Jessie’s wide-eyed naivety and tenaciousness, as the young journalist is horrified by the violence but unable to look away.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
Ella Purnell has the tough task of functioning as the series’ emotional fulcrum, as Lucy straddles the wide-eyed innocence of vault life with the gore and amorality of what happens in the real world.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
Georgia Aquarium, Georgia From the sea lion experience to public swims in the stingray tank and more, the wildlife encounters at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta are sure to captivate every wide-eyed visitor.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
No one does the blend of crime and soap quite like Murphy, and his ability to goad some of our generation’s best actors into increasingly wide-eyed theatrics remains unparalleled.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
No amount of wide-eyed looks on the part of actors too talented for these films—including Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, and a lively Dan Stevens as a titan veterinarian—makes what happens exciting.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024
The journey from being a child wide-eyed with possibility to a James Beard semifinalist was jam-packed for Epps, who is nominated in the same category as Chef Valerie Chang, whose Peruvian restaurant Maty’s was named one of the best new restaurants of 2023 by Esquire magazine and Bon Appétit.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024
But Civil War’s Jessie is mostly so wide-eyed that there’s barely a character there.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
The 25-year-old Priscilla actress perfectly balances Jessie’s wide-eyed naivety and tenaciousness, as the young journalist is horrified by the violence but unable to look away.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2024
Ella Purnell has the tough task of functioning as the series’ emotional fulcrum, as Lucy straddles the wide-eyed innocence of vault life with the gore and amorality of what happens in the real world.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2024
Georgia Aquarium, Georgia From the sea lion experience to public swims in the stingray tank and more, the wildlife encounters at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta are sure to captivate every wide-eyed visitor.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
No one does the blend of crime and soap quite like Murphy, and his ability to goad some of our generation’s best actors into increasingly wide-eyed theatrics remains unparalleled.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
No amount of wide-eyed looks on the part of actors too talented for these films—including Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, and a lively Dan Stevens as a titan veterinarian—makes what happens exciting.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Mar. 2024
The journey from being a child wide-eyed with possibility to a James Beard semifinalist was jam-packed for Epps, who is nominated in the same category as Chef Valerie Chang, whose Peruvian restaurant Maty’s was named one of the best new restaurants of 2023 by Esquire magazine and Bon Appétit.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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