full-faced
having a plump or round face.
facing squarely toward the spectator or in a given direction.
Origin of full-faced
1Other words from full-faced
- fullface, noun, adverb
Words Nearby full-faced
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How to use full-faced in a sentence
He gives me one of those full-faced smiles that travel straight to my lizard brain.
Daddy, How Come You’re Always Broke? Benjamin Anastas’s ‘Too Good to Be True’ | Benjamin Anastas | October 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe wrote with great power, and on the original parchment, no signature is so bold and full-faced as his.
Great Events in the History of North and South America | Charles A. GoodrichHis full-faced figure, foreshortened upon the wall, stood out from the white background with an astonishing vitality.
Great Ghost Stories | VariousMine host, old Gaffer Moon, smiles down upon the ashes of my camp fire, full-faced and silver.
Kenny | Leona DalrympleShe opened it under his orders, and saw a full-faced girl of a common type, with frowsy hair and a showily-made dress.
A Sister of the Red Cross | Mrs. L. T. Meade
But he remembered a full-faced, smiling man somewhat taller than himself, somewhat broader across the shoulders.
Voyage To Eternity | Milton Lesser
British Dictionary definitions for full-faced
having a round full face
Also: full face facing towards the viewer, with the entire face visible
another name for bold face
Derived forms of full-faced
- fullface, noun, adverb
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