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starry-eyed

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "starry-eyed" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
11 characters
English (US)
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “starry-eyed” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
2syllables

starry-eyed

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

starry-eyed is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, starry-eyed is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofstarry-eyed

1adjective
  • Having naively optimistic hopes or outlooks.

    Example: "He was so starry-eyed when he started, but reality ground him down, and he became both more realistic and more practical."

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