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Definition of Teary
1. Adjective. With eyes full of tears.
Definition of Teary
1. a. Wet with tears; tearful.
Definition of Teary
1. Adjective. Of a person, having eyes filled with tears; inclined to cry. ¹
2. Adjective. Of eyes, filled with tears. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Teary
1. tearful [adj TEARIER, TEARIEST] - See also: tearful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teary
Literary usage of Teary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"I am upwards of threescore, and yet, ods precious, I am sound of hmb and c/teary
of heart. Ha, come lady. Wrangling Losers, 1677. ..."
2. The East Indian Gazetteer: Containing Particular Descriptions of the Empires by Walter Hamilton (1828)
"TAYA ISLE (Pulo Taya).— A small island in the Eastern seas, situated on the east
coast of Sumatra ; lat. 0° 48' N.. Ion. 105° 5' E. teary. ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1884)
"The lines which followed would probably go on to say—' Now may we all make ready
for the fray,' or words to that effect. Written out in modern Gaelic, teary ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"An uprooting; a violent removal. teary ... roun' the lips An' teary roun' the
lashes. ... But whan the stormes and the teary ..."
5. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"820) into " teary eyen " (Works, p. 8), and borrows the expression, "That of my
health is very crop and root" from Chaucer's "Ye that ben of beauty crop and ..."
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