What does quick-sighted mean?
Quick-sighted means Having keen vision..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having keen vision..
The quick-sighted hawk saw the small mouse from a great height.
Gold is a ſutor, neuer tooke repulſe, […] It thawes the froſtieſt, and moſt ſtiffe diſdaine: / Muffles the clearneſſe of Election, / Straines fancie vnto foule Apoſtacie, / And ſtrikes the quickeſt-ſighted Iudgement blinde.
She ſoon perceived theſe Agitations of Mind in Jones, and was at no Loſs to diſcover the Cauſe; for indeed ſhe recognized it in her own Breaſt. And this Recognition is, I ſuppoſe, that Sympathy which hath been ſo often noted in Lovers, and which will ſufficiently account for her being ſo much quicker-ſighted than her Father.
She talks vastly well; I am afraid of being ungenerous, or I should say, too well to feel so very deeply; but I will not look for faults; she may be Reginald’s wife! Heaven forbid it! but why should I be quicker-sighted than anyone else? Mr. Vernon declares that he never saw deeper distress than hers, on the receipt of the letter; and is his judgment inferior to mine?
She loved every body, was interested in every body’s happiness, quick-sighted 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.
Use quick-sighted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Quick-sighted means Having keen vision..
Common synonyms include perceptive, sharp-eyed, sighted, hawk-eyed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The quick-sighted hawk saw the small mouse from a great height.
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