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

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In an Instagram post announcing the new Vibes product, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a carousel of AI videos, including a cartoon version of himself, an army of fuzzy, beady-eyed beings jumping around and a kitten kneading a ball of dough. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 Seeing that marmot offshoot with his twitchy little nose and beady eyes, clutched by an obscure local bureaucrat, conjures hope for the year to come. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025 The footage reveals what appear to be a pair of small cameras positioned just below the robot’s beady black eyes. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025 The villainous billionaire Luthor, who Hoult plays like a beady techno-zealot, has several schemes up his fancy sleeve. Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for beady

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 7 Oct. 2025.

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beady

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

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