When we used the word "look", mostly it refers to someone's (his/her) overall appearance.
But how can I use this word properly in order to imply or to refer to someone's eyes..?
Should I use always "eyes" as a subject or should I use a preposition or adverb?
To make it clear I wrote some sentences:
You look good = You look presentable = You are good-looking
You look well = You look healthy
You look happy = Your body looks happy (here eyes also can show the experience of happiness besides face and body)
But when I try to say:
a.
You look so deep, meaningful, tired. (Could it connote only eyes?)
Should I say
"Your eyes look so deeply, meaningfully, tiredly"
b.
I can see tiredness in your look. (Could it connote only eyes?)
Should I say
"I can see the tiredness in your eyes"
or should I say
"The look in your eyes shows how tired you are"
Best Answer
*"Your eyes look so deeply,meaningfully, tiredly" are all incorrect syntactically.
The "ly" suffix should not be there - regardless of the questionably semantics.
You can say:
That is very natural and common.
Saying:
Are both grammatically correct, but are metaphors - and quite poetic ones. For some reason "your eyes look deep" seems much much better than "your eyes look meaningful" as a figurative expression. I would not recommend "your eyes look meaningful" - even in a poem.
(I am a native Australian English speaker, but not a poet)