sharp-sightedness
- a word derived from sharp-sighted.
Example Sentences
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They are only documents of personal sharp-sightedness, unfortunately much over-clouded by literary pose.
From Paul Verlaine by Zweig, Stefan
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
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)
These stern judges push the gift of exactitude, the genius of inquisition, the sharp-sightedness of lynxes, the perspicacity of account-books to the point of going over all the additions in search of subtractions.
From Bureaucracy by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
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
