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full-faced en · ADJ

Etymology

From full + faced.

Meanings

1. Having a plump or round face.
   • a chubby, full-faced child
2. Having the face fully turned toward any person or thing; facing.
   • I've come to see she is a voiceless person in her world, and so I try to remember to stop and give her my full-faced attention when I see her. 2011, Jan Johnson, Living a Purpose-Full Life:
   • "Why not?" demanded Joolby, turning on his props to regard George with the blank full-faced stare that presented his disconcerting features in their most pronounced aspect. "What's the difficulty?" 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
3. Showing the face fully, completely, or intact.
   • full-faced and full-length figures

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Translations (3)

ru пухлоли́цый (having a plump or round face) · fi pyöreäkasvoinen (having a plump or round face) · ca caraplè (having a plump or round face)

full-faced en · ADV

Etymology

From full + faced.

Meanings

1. In a full-faced manner.
   • So God declines to show Moses His glory full-faced, but He promises to do something else: He will allow Moses to glimpse the glory that follows His presence and then to proclaim, or explain to him, His name — the name of the Lord. 2005, Richard L. Neil, The God You Thought You Knew:

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