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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As the car carrying him departed the police station, a photographer captured another indelible image, of the former Prince slumped in the back seat, wide-eyed and slack-jawed—the boy for whom the chimes once pealed looking very much like a man for whom the bell now tolls.
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
London — Slouched in the back of a car, wide-eyed and unnerved, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor makes his way home from the police station.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The physical description evokes a compact, spiny, wide-eyed animal — the kind of species that would stand out immediately in a field encounter.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
Andrew was photographed wide-eyed with his mouth open while pictured in the backseat of a vehicle, leaving the Aylsham Police Station.
—Lauryn Overhultz , Rachel Wolf , Mary Schlageter, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
London — Slouched in the back of a car, wide-eyed and unnerved, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor makes his way home from the police station.
—Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The physical description evokes a compact, spiny, wide-eyed animal — the kind of species that would stand out immediately in a field encounter.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
Andrew was photographed wide-eyed with his mouth open while pictured in the backseat of a vehicle, leaving the Aylsham Police Station.
—Lauryn Overhultz , Rachel Wolf , Mary Schlageter, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Wide-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-eyed. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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