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Grammar : Adj
Spell : teer-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪər i

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Définition of teary

Origin :
  • late 14c., from tear (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Tearily; teariness.
  • adj tearful
Example sentences :
  • There's a name on it but my eyes are so teary I can't make it out.
  • Extract from : « Dandelion Cottage » by Carroll Watson Rankin
  • And Mehitable lifted her swollen, teary face from the pillow and drank it.
  • Extract from : « Young Lucretia and Other Stories » by Mary E. Wilkins
  • The slipper landed on Jo's head and she responded by raising rather a teary face.
  • Extract from : « The Four Corners Abroad » by Amy Ella Blanchard
  • Then Wilbur, in the disordered kitchen, put himself squarely in the way of the teary mother.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • So Evelyn went off up-stairs, after teary kisses and good-nights, and Maria was left alone with her father in the parlor.
  • Extract from : « By the Light of the Soul » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • His teary eyes grew still more humid and brilliant, and he made use of a most strange and complicated phrase of gratitude.
  • Extract from : « A Russian Proprietor » by Lyof N. Tolstoi
  • It is a sad little song, with strange minor intervals that make one feel "teary 'round the heart."
  • Extract from : « Stars of the Opera » by Mabel Wagnalls
  • Sometimes she'd come down in this elevator all to the teary, so's I 'most hadta order a consignment of weep-catchers for myself.
  • Extract from : « A Chain of Evidence » by Carolyn Wells
  • She asked no questions; appeared not to notice Joan's teary eyes and pensive mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Shield of Silence » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • There was the village water-carrier with red, teary eyes, and warts on his cracked lip.
  • Extract from : « Hungry Hearts » by Anzia Yezierska

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