Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wide, eye, -ed.
She was like her mother: tiny, curly-haired, and wide-eyed.
2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/
Cartoonish, wide-eyed infants cling to their mothers or play together low to the ground.