hawk-eyed
- adjective
- /hɔk-aɪd/
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agudo
- During the assembly, the teacher's hawk-eyed attention helped her spot any students who were not paying attention.
Examples
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He wasn't handsome or hawk-eyed.
Fiction book (1994) -
The head of school and her assistant have embraced conservation and recycling, and their efforts at turning out the lights have been duly noted by our hawk-eyed kids.
Academic text (2005) -
It was an uncomfortable experience as I sat listening to painful stories from chain-smoking, hawk-eyed women about life "under siege."
Fiction book (2001) -
Acceptance of a basic scientific consensus only sharpens the need for hawk-eyed scrutiny of the arguments surrounding both causation and solution.
Blog text (32) -
The hawk-eyed detective quickly noticed the hidden clues at the crime scene.
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With her hawk-eyed vision, she was able to see the tiny detail in the painting that everyone else missed.
Synonyms
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3.9
Quick to notice small details and things around you
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4.1
Able to see small things and notice small changes quickly
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5.2
Aware of possible danger or change
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5.8
Able to see small details clearly
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6.3
Able to see very small details from far away
Able to see small things very clearly
A person or animal that can see clearly, even far away
Seeing very well even from far away
Able to see very small details with sharp eyesight
Able to see small or far things very clearly
Watchful and careful to notice danger or mistakes
Antonyms
How Observant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hawk-eyed comes from the bird hawk, known for very sharp sight, and the part -eyed meaning 'having eyes'. Picture a hawk spotting a small animal from far away, so hawk-eyed means you notice small details quickly.