Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Sharp-sighted, like an eagle.
- Quick to discern; having acute intellectual vision.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having great visual acuity, especially the ability to see at a distance.
- adj. describing someone who is perceptive.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Sharp-sighted as an eagle.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of seeing to a great distance
Examples
“He blamed his editors "who should have picked it up", declared it to be the "best question I've had in years", called the eagle-eyed reader up to the stage and gave the boy £20.”
“During recess she was eagle-eyed, paying particularly close attention to the most vulnerable students.”
“What's more, eagle-eyed observers had been finding evidence of fraudulent foreclosure activity as far back as 2003 we'll make some more information available on that score shortly.”
The Huffington Post: Richard (RJ) Eskow: Why We Regulate - and Why John Walsh Needs to Resign
“Each time Ahmadinejad visits the United Nations and fills yet another room full of eagle-eyed reporters, I can't help but feel shame.”
The Huffington Post: Reporters Uncensored: Iran: The Anti-Imperialist Ruse
“Later in the season there's a light-hearted two-parter with R2-D2 and C-3PO eagle-eyed fans will get a kick out of the salute to the Disney theme park attraction Star Tours!”
“An acerbic yet eagle-eyed reader spotted an error in the original post.”
“The eagle-eyed have spotted a couple of errors there, which have now been corrected.”
“That's surely what eagle-eyed viewers were saying to Natalie Swaby, a reporter for Seattle's KING-TV, as she and her crew drove...”
The Huffington Post: WHOOPS: Local Reporter Makes Big Driving Mistake On Air
“That's surely what eagle-eyed viewers were saying to Natalie Swaby, a reporter for Seattle's KING-TV, as she and her crew drove down an icy, snowy, dark street for a live report on dangerous driving conditions in the city last week.”
The Huffington Post: WHOOPS: Local Reporter Makes Big Driving Mistake On Air
“That s surely what eagle-eyed viewers were saying to Natalie Swaby, a reporter for Seattle s KING-TV, as she and her crew drove...”
The Huffington Post: WHOOPS: Local Reporter Makes Big Driving Mistake On Air
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Special Beasts
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Wirds of a Feather
Phrases and figures of speech in which birds are featured. Or feathers. Or such like.
a little bird tol..., to have an albatr..., birds of a feathe..., in the catbird seat, cold turkey, to cook one's goose, don't count your ..., to have one's duc..., to eat crow, a feather in one'..., for the birds, flip the bird and 122 more...
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Palabrarium
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