doe-eyed

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Doe-eyed is defined as someone who has an innocent, wide-eyed look.

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A naive girl with big eyes who looks at you for answers is an example of someone who is doe-eyed.

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See doe-eyed in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. having large, soft, limpid eyes
  2. naive; guileless; childlike

See doe-eyed in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Having wide-open, innocent-appearing eyes: doe-eyed children gazing at the shelves of candy.
  2. Credulous and unsophisticated; naive: “Many doe-eyed investors go bankrupt within a year, sometimes by expanding too fast, sometimes because of pure ignorance” (Scott Baldauf).

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