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lynx-eyed
[ lingks-ahyd ]
lynx-eyed
adjective
- having keen sight
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lynx-eyed1
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Example Sentences
Lynx-eyed perspicacity, inexhaustible contrivance, prompt ingenuity,—a man very dangerous to play with at games of skill.
Lynx-eyed capital, in the financial metropolis of the world, was quick to discover surplus labor.
It was not an easy matter for Harris to secure capital, for capital is often lynx-eyed, and usually it is very conservative.
No doubt you have sometimes heard the expression "lynx-eyed" used of somebody whose sight is unusually good.
Phillis, lynx-eyed as she always was, saw that such had been the case.
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