full-faced

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Etymology

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From full +‎ faced.

Adjective

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full-faced (comparative more full-faced, superlative most full-faced)

  1. Having a plump or round face.
    a chubby, full-faced child
  2. Having the face fully turned toward any person or thing; facing.
    • 2011, Jan Johnson, Living a Purpose-Full Life:
      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.
  3. Showing the face fully, completely, or intact.
    full-faced and full-length figures

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Adverb

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full-faced (comparative more full-faced, superlative most full-faced)

  1. In a full-faced manner.
    • 2005, Richard L. Neil, The God You Thought You Knew:
      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.