Meaning & use
Bleary
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Unable to see clearly and dull-looking due to tiredness or sleep, especially describing the eyes.
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He stumbled into the kitchen with bleary eyes after the overnight flight.
Her vision was bleary from staring at the screen for hours.
A note on using this word
Often paired with 'eyed' in the compound 'bleary-eyed,' used to describe the look of someone who is exhausted or just woken up.
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