quick-sighted

See also: quicksighted

English

Etymology

From quick +‎ sighted.

Adjective

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.