sharp-sighted
adjective
having keen sight.
sharp-sightedness
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a word derived from
sharp-sighted.
Example Sentences
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He had only seen too clearly, but she was annoyed at this inconvenient sharp-sightedness on his part, and thought it very inconsiderate in him thus to take her to task.
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
Desire for a present itself became subservient to anxiety for the credit of her own sharp-sightedness and intuition.
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
They are only documents of personal sharp-sightedness, unfortunately much over-clouded by literary pose.
From Paul Verlaine by Stefan Zweig
It is only natural that there should be peculiarities in the construction of the limbs and skulls of the Dipodidea with their bird-like movements and bird-like sharp-sightedness, that are usually found only among birds.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various
She answered him so confusedly and confoundingly,--sometimes even imputing to Albano, with all his sharp-sightedness, dissimulation and wickedness,--that she led him into the strangest error.
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
