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EAGLE-EYED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eagle-eyed mean?
• EAGLE-EYED (adjective)
The adjective EAGLE-EYED has 1 sense:
1. capable of seeing to a great distance
Familiarity information: EAGLE-EYED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of seeing to a great distance
Synonyms:
eagle-eyed; farseeing; keen-sighted; longsighted
Similar:
farsighted; presbyopic (able to see distant objects clearly)
Context examples
The one, austere, high-nosed, eagle-eyed, and dominant, was none other than the illustrious Lord Bellinger, twice Premier of Britain.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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