hawk-eyed

[ hawk-ahyd ]

adjective

1. having very keen sight:

   a hawk-eyed guard.

hawk-eyed

adjective

1. having extremely keen sight
2. vigilant, watchful, or observant

   hawk-eyed scrutiny

Word History and Origins

Origin of hawk-eyed¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

How could he sit before the hawk-eyed man whom he was about to meet without in some way betraying his secret?

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In contrast with the clean, hard, hawk-eyed miners, he looked blotched and unwholesome.

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He was hawk-eyed, square-built, very red-faced, with an eye anything but expressive of saintly life.

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I have observed, in doing business with lawyers, that they are exceedingly hawk-eyed, and jealous of everybody.

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It behooved the voyager to observe a sleepless caution and a hawk-eyed vigilance.

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