hawk-eyed

American  

[hawk-ahyd] / ˈhɔkˌaɪd /

adjective

1. having very keen sight.

   a hawk-eyed guard.

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hawk-eyed British  

adjective

1. having extremely keen sight

2. vigilant, watchful, or observant

   hawk-eyed scrutiny

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Etymology

Origin of hawk-eyed

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Supervising the proceedings were stern-faced male and female guards with the hawk-eyed looks of chaperones at a high school dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2022

Of course now their alleged ruse appears to have been rumbled by a hawk-eyed reporter from The Athletic, they might not chance it.

From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2022

So I’ll ask Trollope and Jane Austen, two hawk-eyed comedians of manners who’d be sure to hit it off.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2020

Holmes's real-life model was Doyle's professor, hawk-eyed diagnostician Joseph Bell; writers from Émile Gaboriau to Edgar Allen Poe offered fictional prototypes.

From Nature • Jan. 24, 2017

Rahel watched hawk-eyed to try and gauge how much Ammu loved Sophie Mol, but couldn’t.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy