The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sharp-sighted \Sharp"-sight`ed\, a. Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n.
WordNet
adj. having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat" [syn: argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed]
keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon [syn: quick-sighted, sharp-eyed]
Usage examples of "sharp-sighted".
But as he called out some sharp-sighted man caught the vague shape of one of the gliding kites banking above the light it had just released, and shrieked hysterically, "Wings!
He was off traveling, they were told, but one sharp-sighted individual claimed to have seen two women who fitted the description of Jude and Hoi-Polloi hitching a ride at the edge of the highway.