quick-sighted

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English

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Etymology

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From quick +‎ sighted.

Adjective

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quick-sighted (comparative more quick-sighted, superlative most quick-sighted)

  1. Having keen vision.
    The quick-sighted hawk saw the small mouse from a great height.
  2. Keenly perceptive.
    • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 3:
      She loved every body, was interested in every body’s happiness, quicksighted to every body’s merits; thought herself a most fortunate creature, and surrounded with blessings in such an excellent mother, and so many good neighbours and friends, and a home that wanted for nothing.