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Meanings of clear-sighted in English

Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning.

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A keen eyesight.

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Examples for "eagle-eyed"
Examples for "eagle-eyed"
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Well, it happened again recently, as an eagle-eyed reader has pointed out.
The Irish Times
2
He had imagined peoples secure in the shadow of his eagle-eyed prowess.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
3
The pioneers or their escort were subjected to the most eagle-eyed vigilance.
The Phantom of the River
4
Balkas, the eagle-eyed archer, scowled in concentration as he spoke to Ashtaway.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
5
But eagle-eyed viewers noticed that something is up with the woman's attire.
News.com.au
1
Pedro was dull, honorable, and frank; Juan was hawk-eyed and double-faced.
Filipino Popular Tales
2
We did our last extracting from the hawk-eyed one yesterday.
The Window-Gazer
3
She looked the picture of fleshy prosperity, a big handsome Jewess, hawk-eyed and rapacious.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
4
Why then should the hawk-eyed one delay his own felicity?
The Window-Gazer
5
Bouchard, hawk-eyed, stern, was standing by the street door.
The Last Shot
1
A ring at the bell brought a sharp-eyed maid to the door.
The Dream Doctor
2
But presently a sharp-eyed Sparrow spied Mother Magpie sitting in her nest.
The Curious Book of Birds
3
At first, Kachiun could not understand why his sharp-eyed scouts were shouting.
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
4
Their red jackets made them a conspicuous mark for the sharp-eyed settlers.
Betty Zane
5
His charm was nice, but his sharp-eyed intellect was even more attractive.
Once bitten, twice dead

Clear-sighted.

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Usage of clear-sighted in English
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Madam, - Congratulations on a measured and clear-sighted Editorial of November 14th.
The Irish Times
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In vain had the clear-sighted Bishop of Acqs uttered his eloquent warnings.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
3
The latter not only instruct their unfortunate fellow-sufferers, but also the clear-sighted.
Paris as It Was and as It Is / A Sketch Of The French Capital, I...
4
She was too clear-sighted and intelligent to proceed to question the Emperor.
The Court of the Empress Josephine
5
Two minds as clear-sighted as hers and mine cannot deceive each other.
Beatrix
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Though Ibn Ezra was open-minded and clear-sighted, he was restless and troubled.
Rashi
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Unlike so many philosophers, Warnock was exceptionally clear-sighted about her own failings.
The Guardian
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Chesnel was clear-sighted so long as Victurnien was not there before him.
The Collection of Antiquities
9
I do not call such people good patriots, let alone clear-sighted Christians.
Trial and Triumph
10
She was too cool, too clear-sighted, perhaps, for a heroine of romance.
The Miller Of Old Church
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Had not all his preparations been dictated by the most clear-sighted foresight?
History of the Expedition to Russia / Undertaken by the Emperor ...
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For them, Osborne's rigorous, clear-sighted and deeply responsible budget is a horror story.
The Guardian
13
He is very clear-sighted about the world, and yet he questions himself, constantly.
The gathering
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Not so; it is the clear-sighted scientific Greek, that is all.
Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
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The blind man avoids the ditch into which the clear-sighted falls.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01
16
For the first time since the Modane episode I was my clear-sighted self.
The Firefly of France
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