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Hawk-eyed   /hɔk-aɪd/   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.





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"Hawk-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books



... barking of guns of different calibre. A bit of flying lead tore through the leather back of the coach with an odd rip; another struck the casing of the door, sending the wooden splinters flying like arrows. Hawk-eyed, Hamlin fired twice more, aiming at the sparks, grimly certain that a responding howl from the left evidenced a hit. Then, as quickly, all was still, intensely black once more. The Sergeant drew back from the window, leaning his gun against ...
— Molly McDonald - A Tale of the Old Frontier • Randall Parrish
... two thieves were united by strong ties of common interest, nevertheless their diverse characteristics and traits produced trouble at times. Pedro was dull, honorable, and frank; Juan was hawk-eyed and double-faced. Pedro had so large a body and so awkward and shambling a gait, that Juan could not help laughing at him and saying sarcastic things to him. Juan was ...
— Filipino Popular Tales • Dean S. Fansler
... with which we fumigate and becloud 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


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