sharp-eyed


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sharp-eyed

(shärp′īd′)
adj.
1. Having keen eyesight.
2. Keenly perceptive or observant; alert.

sharp-eyed

adj
1. having very good eyesight
2. observant or alert

sharp′-eyed′



adj.
having keen sight or perception.
[1660–70]
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.sharp-eyed - having very keen visionsharp-eyed - having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat"
argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted
sighted - able to see
2.sharp-eyed - keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon
quick-sighted, sharp-sighted
perceptive - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"
3.sharp-eyed - having keen eyesight
keen-eyed
eyed - having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination; "a peacock's eyed feathers"; "red-eyed"

sharp-eyed

adjective keen-sighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, Argus-eyed, lynx-eyed a sharp-eyed City man
Translations

sharp-eyed

[ˈʃɑːpˈaɪd] ADJ → de vista aguda

sharp-eyed

[ˌʃɑːpˈaɪd] sharp-sighted [ˌʃɑːpˈsaɪtɪd] adj → dalla vista acuta
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No notice was taken of Amy's flight, except by her mates, but the sharp-eyed demoiselles discovered that Mr.
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A few minutes later, a sharp-eyed lad ran into the Monte Rosa Hotel, at Zermatt, saying that he had seen an avalanche fall from the summit of the Matterhorn onto the Matterhorn glacier.
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She was a little, sharp-eyed woman, who used to wear, when she was dressed, one unchangeable cap, ornamented with some artificial flowers, and two artificial butterflies supposed to be hovering above the flowers.
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It would be a sharp-eyed coroner, indeed, who could distinguish the two little dark punctures which would show where the poison fangs had done their work.
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He is a stoutly built, steady-looking, sharp-eyed man in black, of about the middle-age.
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Of these the Son of Maia, the sharp-eyed slayer of Argus then cut off from the herd fifty loud-lowing kine, and drove them straggling-wise across a sandy place, turning their hoof-prints aside.
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Tope by shifty resources in which he is an adept, Deputy peeps, sharp-eyed, through the bars, and stares astounded from the threatener to the threatened.
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Ogg's, and was neither sharp-eyed nor sharp-tempered, it would surely have been quite whimsical of them to fix rather than on aunt Glegg.
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A sharp-eyed guard saw her heading for the exit door, r ealised she was unwell and phoned for an ambulance to take her to the Royal .
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The omission was brought to our attention by a sharp-eyed reader.
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At least the sharp-eyed punter can glean a vital advantage on that score, but it's another example of how the BHA have lost touch with betting issues.
Overworked stewards missing the non-triers
A sharp-eyed resident spotted new signs in the revamped square, marking out various restricted zones.
Signing off; COMMENT The policy of honesty. The might of right. The expediency of principle

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