lynx-eyed

American  

[lingks-ahyd] / ˈlɪŋksˌaɪd /

adjective

1. sharp-sighted.

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lynx-eyed British  

adjective

1. having keen sight

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Etymology

Origin of lynx-eyed

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Example Sentences

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lynx-eyed

In it, lynx-eyed Washington viewers can even catch a glimpse of D.C.’s most debonair collector, Mark Samuels Lasner, and a quick shot of the young Allan Stypeck, owner of Second Story Books.

From Washington Post ● May 5, 2020

And because Chekhov was compassionate as well as lynx-eyed, Vanya shows how real the hurts can be, however comic the poses and self-pities.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a great couturier gives a showing, he may be sure that many a lynx-eyed copyist will attend, that many a minor dressmaker will quickly ape his best creations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today, however, Volvo factories swarm with lynx-eyed inspectors so uncompromising that suppliers are apt to find entire shipments of parts rejected for a minor deviation that many auto companies would let pass.

From Time Magazine Archive

This, however, does not take place until a lynx-eyed "tac" has gone the rounds, making notes—"So-and-so, too much butter on plate."

From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Upton Sinclair

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