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副詞

eyeingly (comparative more eyeingly, superlative most eyeingly)

1. (rare) In an eyeing manner.
   • 1909 May 20, “Pius X and Woman’s Duties”, in Catholic Union and Times, volume XXXVIII, number 8, Buffalo, N.Y.: The Buffalo Catholic Publication Company, page 4, column 2:

     It would seem that the devil employs all his energies in Rome at misrepresentation and falsehood, and eyeingly awaits a papal word as would a dog a bone from the table of his master.

   • 1942 June 23, “Rice Pointed To as Prospect for Long-Dreamed-of Mile Run in 4 Minutes: Jack Ryder, Veteran Coach Of Boston, Urges Test”, in Great Falls Tribune, 58th year, Great Falls, Mont., page 9, columns 1–2:

     Montanan Has Speed, Endurance and Judge of Pace to Accomplish Feat, Mentor Believes; Deacon Gil Dodds Looks Eyeingly at Honor

   • 1958, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, chapter 26, in A Gentleman Called (G.K. Hall Large Print Book Series), Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall & Co., published 1990, →ISBN, page 182:

     Jimmie felt like a snoop, and like one of the most vulgar sort, who, while enjoying the hospitality of your house, go about silently, eyeingly pricing the worth of everything, including your family relationships.

   • 1959 September 4, Joe Dolan, “Home Reporter Sports: Little League World Series Begins Monday”, in Bay Ridge Home Reporter, 7th year, number 3, Brooklyn, N.Y., page eight, column 2:

     At the present time, they are waiting patiently and eyeingly to see just who their opponent will be.

   • 1969, Ronald W[illiam] Clark, “Between War and Peace”, in The Last Year of the Old World: A Fiction of History, London: Jonathan Cape […], published 1970, →ISBN, part II (April–May 1946), page 155:

     ‘Let’s get the facts straight. If there’s any shilly-shallying about what they are, someone has to find out.’ / He thought for a moment and looked up eyeingly. ‘That might be a job, if ever there was one, for our friends in the United Nations.’