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Hawk-eyed   Listen
adjective
Hawk-eyed  adj.  
1.
Having very keen vision; sharp-sighted; discerning.
Synonyms: keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted.
2.
Alert to possible danger.
Synonyms: argus-eyed, open-eyed, unsleeping, vigilant, wary, watchful.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Hawk-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books



... Maltese Cross there was a steady stream of callers. One of them, a hawk-eyed, hawk-nosed cowpuncher named "Nitch" Kendley, who was one of the first settlers in the region, arrived one ...
— Roosevelt in the Bad Lands • Hermann Hagedorn

... unpleasant facts are not the language in which we think. Deronda's thinking went on in rapid images of what might be: he saw himself guided by some official scout into a dingy street; he entered through a dim doorway, and saw a hawk-eyed woman, rough-headed, and unwashed, cheapening a hungry girl's last bit of finery; or in some quarter only the more hideous for being smarter, he found himself under the breath of a young Jew talkative and familiar, willing to show his acquaintance with gentlemen's tastes, and not fastidious ...
— Daniel Deronda • George Eliot



Words linked to "Hawk-eyed" :   keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, argus-eyed, sighted, sharp-eyed



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