sharp-eyed
adj1
Having acute vision; having good eyesight.
2
Attentive, given to noticing things, aware.
- The sharp-eyed detective noticed things the ordinary patrolman missed.
- Only one mis-step! What is it? “Why, I only gave way to a little ill-temper,” but see the result! The children observed it. Children are sharp-eyed. They are close watchers. They are quick to mark the mis-step, and they have tenacious memories.1878 February 6, “ONE MIS-STEP.”, in The Messenger, volume XLVII, number 6 (2262), sourced from Methodist Recorder, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:
- Related terms
- bright-eyed, clear-eyed, steely-eyed