starey

• stary

From stare +‎ -y.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛə.ɹi/
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• (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɚ.i/
• (US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɹ.i/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsteː.ɹi/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsteəɹi/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈstiəɹi/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɹɪ/, /ˈsteɹe/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /ˈstɜːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
• Homophone: stary

starey (comparative starier, superlative stariest)

1. Characterized by staring.
   • 2006, Robert Penn Warren, The Cave, page 17:

     […] 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.

• stayre, Treysa, estray, reasty, satyre, Stayer, tyrase, e-trays, yarest, stayer