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sharp-sighted

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sharp-sight·ed (shärpstd)
adj.
1. Having keen eyesight.
2. Keenly perceptive or alert.
sharp-sighted·ly adv.
sharp-sighted·ness n.
sharp-sighted
adj
having keen vision; sharp-eyed
sharp-sightedly  adv
sharp-sightedness  n
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Adj.1.sharp-sighted - having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat"
argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed
sighted - able to see
2.sharp-sighted - keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon
quick-sighted, sharp-eyed
perceptive - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"


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She had a way of saying a thing which was very characteristic, quite gravely, as though there were nothing funny in it at all, and yet it was so sharp-sighted that Philip broke into delighted laughter.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
That sharp-sighted woman soon guessed how matters stood between us, and descrying the enemy's movements from her elevation at the nursery-window, she would give me a quiet intimation if she saw me preparing for a walk when she had reason to believe he was about, or to think it likely that he would meet or overtake me in the way I meant to traverse.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
Might it not thus readily be overlooked When an animal is killed by the sportsman in a lonely valley may he not all the while be watched from above by th sharp-sighted bird?
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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