deep-set

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

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adj

"His haggard eyes were deep-set, sunken into their sockets from exhaustion."
"Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they [the eyes] showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production."
"deep-set beliefs"
"deep-set inequalities"

From deep + set.

more deep-set (comparative) most deep-set (superlative)

sunken recessed

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