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sharp-eyed en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Having acute vision; having good eyesight.
2. Attentive, given to noticing things, aware.
   • The sharp-eyed detective noticed things the ordinary patrolman missed.
   • Only one mis-step! What is it? “Why, I only gave way to a little ill-temper,” but see the result! The children observed it. Children are sharp-eyed. They are close watchers. They are quick to mark the mis-step, and they have tenacious memories. 1878 February 6, “ONE MIS-STEP.”, in The Messenger, volume XLVII, number 6 (2262), sourced from Methodist Recorder, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

Forms

Relateds

clear-eyed · bright-eyed · steely-eyed

Translations (6)

sv skarpögd (having acute eyesight) · de scharfsichtig (having acute eyesight) · grc ὀξυωπής (having acute eyesight) · ru зо́ркий (having acute eyesight) · grc ὀξυδερκής (having acute eyesight) · ru глаза́стый (having acute eyesight)