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Coloraday Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Bleary

Hello,

Is the adjective 'bleary' used only when talking about eyes? I have seen a 'bleary face' somewhere but I'm not sure if such usage is correct.

Thanks in advance.
  

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It is most frequently used to describe eyes, but here are some other examples from the American Corpus: It happened on a bleary , wintry morning. " Medic, medic, " he whispered, and then grinned in a bleary way. At three in the morning she let herself into her apartment.

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  • It is most frequently used to describe eyes, but here are some other examples from the American Corpus: It happened on a bleary , wintry morning.
  • " Medic, medic, " he whispered, and then grinned in a bleary way.
  • At three in the morning she let herself into her apartment.
  • She was safe--too bleary and exhausted to dream or miss a small piece of jade.
  • the Kendall Square subway stop, where bleary students loitered over gossip and cigarettes..
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It is most frequently used to describe eyes, but here are some other examples from the American Corpus:


It happened on a bleary, wintry morning.
" Medic, medic, " he whispered, and then grinned in a bleary way.
At three in the morning she let herself into her apartment. She w
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Thanks a lot, such a broad usage!
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