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Lynx-eyed

adjective

Having very keen vision. Synonyms: argus-eyed, hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted.

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"Lynx-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books

... superintendence; but Bacchus had taken advantage of being less watched than usual, and had indulged a good deal, declaring to himself that without something to keep up his spirits he should die, thinking about Miss Alice. Phillis, lynx-eyed as she always was, saw that ...

— Aunt Phillis's Cabin - Or, Southern Life As It Is • Mary H. Eastman

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... of hanging lanterns for the district lying around the Three-tiered Pagoda. In this ambition he is opposed by Kong, the distilled-spirit vendor, who claims to be a more competent judge of paving-stones and hanging lanterns and one who will exercise a lynx-eyed vigilance upon the public outlay and especially devote himself to curbing the avarice of those bread-makers who habitually mix powdered white earth with their flour. Heng-cho is therefore very concerned that many should bear honourable testimony of his engaging qualities when the ...

— Kai Lung's Golden Hours • Ernest Bramah

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Words linked to "Lynx-eyed" : sighted, hawk-eyed