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starey en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈstɛə.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈstiəɹi/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
• /ˈstɜːɹɪ/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
• /ˈsteː.ɹi/ (Australia)
• /ˈsteɹɪ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈsteɹe/ (Scotland)
• /ˈstɛɹ.i/ US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
• /ˈsteəɹi/ (New-Zealand) without the cheer–chair merger
• /ˈstɛɚ.i/ (US) without the Mary–marry–merry merger
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From stare + -y.

Meanings

1. Characterized by staring.
   • […] skin white as buttermilk and maybe smelling a little like it, and big blue starey eyes, starey to some extent even when she was not distributed over a vaulting horse. 2006, Robert Penn Warren, The Cave, page 17:

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