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View synonyms for hawk-eyed

hawk-eyed

[ hawk-ahyd ]

adjective

  1. having very keen sight:

    a hawk-eyed guard.



hawk-eyed

adjective

  1. having extremely keen sight
  2. vigilant, watchful, or observant

    hawk-eyed scrutiny



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Word History and Origins

Origin of hawk-eyed1

First recorded in 1810–20

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Example Sentences

How could he sit before the hawk-eyed man whom he was about to meet without in some way betraying his secret?

In contrast with the clean, hard, hawk-eyed miners, he looked blotched and unwholesome.

He was hawk-eyed, square-built, very red-faced, with an eye anything but expressive of saintly life.

I have observed, in doing business with lawyers, that they are exceedingly hawk-eyed, and jealous of everybody.

It behooved the voyager to observe a sleepless caution and a hawk-eyed vigilance.

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