eyes-only

[ ahyz-ohn-lee ]

/ ˈaɪzˈoʊn li /

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adjective

(of a communication) secret or confidential and meant to be seen only by the person to whom it is directed: an eyes-only report.

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Origin of eyes-only

First recorded in 1970–75

In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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She jumps on his back, mock-choking him and covering his eyes.
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She narrowed her eyes, bit her lip as if to chew over the question, and whisked some stray blond hairs away from her face.
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He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.
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In Rwanda, as we watched the young fathers hold their babies, we saw a contented look in their eyes.
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Bernard stood there face to face with Mrs. Vivian, whose eyes seemed to plead with him more than ever.
Confidence|Henry James
Joe looked at her with a smile, his face still solemn and serious for all its youth and the fires of new-lit hope behind his eyes.
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He turned his eyes upon her; but no sympathy was in their beams; no belief in the semblance of her tears.
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The aged woman made no reply; her eyes still studied Ramona's face, and she still held her hand.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
A flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
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