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Definition of Clear-eyed
1. Adjective. Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning. "Much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"
Similar to: Discerning
Derivative terms: Perspicaciousness
Definition of Clear-eyed
1. Adjective. Having clear, sharp sight ¹
2. Adjective. Mentally acute and perspicacious ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clear-eyed
Literary usage of Clear-eyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1921)
"Then too the son Kronos cast his blazing bolt, and down it fell by the dread
father's clear-eyed child. And now to Odysseus said clear-eyed Athene: ..."
2. The Great Harmonia: Being a Philosophical Revelation of the Natural by Andrew Jackson Davis (1883)
"Truth's clear-eyed genius ascends, unfettered by selfishness or prejudice, the
loftiest heights — by steps at once modest and deliberate. ..."
3. Vision of War by Lincoln Colcord (1915)
"... carousing, lustful and lawless, Believing supremely in themselves, knowing no
other or better, Mighty and terrible children, clear-eyed, clean-blooded, ..."
4. Apples of Istakhar by William Lindsey (1895)
"More merciless than Cupid, Celia is, clear-eyed, she shoots with surer aim than
his; And, if ye quiver fail not, as we pray, Noe man shall live, ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"To this man's dwelling came the goddess, clear-eyed Athene, planning a safe ...
Thither now came the clear-eyed one, when she had spoken with the maid. ..."
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