clear-eyed

[ kleer-ahyd ]

adjective
  1. having clear eyes.

  2. mentally acute or perceptive; realistic; clear-sighted: a clear-eyed appraisal.

Origin of clear-eyed

1
First recorded in 1520–30

Words Nearby clear-eyed

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How to use clear-eyed in a sentence

  • Autumns, clear-eyed and sweet-breathed, faded wanly in the smoke of their forest fires.

    Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
  • Strong, clear-eyed and masterful, she knew him a man among ten thousand.

    The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
  • This young man was again the dark-faced, clear-eyed Roy, droll and dry, with the enigmatic smile on his lips.

  • The other Denise was clear-eyed, logical, almost cold, who resented any mention of Corsica or of the war.

    The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman
  • The "highest calling and election" is to do without opium, and live through all our pain with conscious, clear-eyed endurance.

British Dictionary definitions for clear-eyed

clear-eyed

adjective
  1. discerning; perceptive

  2. having clear eyes or sharp vision

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