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DRY-EYED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dry-eyed mean?
• DRY-EYED (adjective)
The adjective DRY-EYED has 1 sense:
1. free from tears
Familiarity information: DRY-EYED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free from tears
Synonyms:
dry-eyed; tearless
Similar:
dry (not shedding tears)
Context examples
She made no reply, but sat, gazing straight before her, dry-eyed and motionless, but with an ache in the throat which Martin divined so strongly that it made his own throat ache.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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