adjective
- Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity.
- usage: "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
- synonyms: childlike, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple
- Used of eyes. ( fully open or extended)
- usage: "stared with wide eyes"
- synonyms: wide
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