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informal Alert and lively.
- ‘he arrived bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at the studio’
- ‘The two walked off bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I wandered outside alone.’
- ‘I started high school bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.’
- ‘I could see she was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed now, fully awake.’
- ‘She's the most bright-eyed and bushy-tailed character.’
- ‘After a night of girly fun, our bright-eyed and bushy-tailed guests scampered off.’