SHARP-EYED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sharp-eyed mean? 

• SHARP-EYED (adjective)
  The adjective SHARP-EYED has 3 senses:

1. having very keen vision

2. keenly perceptive or alert

3. having keen eyesight

  Familiarity information: SHARP-EYED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHARP-EYED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having very keen vision

Synonyms:

argus-eyed; hawk-eyed; keen-sighted; lynx-eyed; quick-sighted; sharp-eyed; sharp-sighted

Context example:

quick-sighted as a cat

Similar:

sighted (able to see)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Keenly perceptive or alert

Synonyms:

quick-sighted; sharp-eyed; sharp-sighted

Context example:

quick-sighted into the faults of the time

Similar:

perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having keen eyesight

Synonyms:

keen-eyed; sharp-eyed

Similar:

eyed (having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination)

 Context examples 

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.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

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.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No notice was taken of Amy's flight, except by her mates, but the sharp-eyed demoiselles discovered that Mr. Davis was quite benignant in the afternoon, also unusually nervous.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)