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Definition of Sharp-sightedness
1. Noun. Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart).
Generic synonyms: Sight, Vision, Visual Modality, Visual Sense
Specialized synonyms: 20/20, Twenty-twenty, Oxyopia
Derivative terms: Sharp-sighted
2. Noun. Lively attentiveness.
Generic synonyms: Attentiveness
Derivative terms: Alert, Sharp-sighted
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharp-sightedness
Literary usage of Sharp-sightedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"Ramsay himself, it is said, wished to have been a painter; and his step-father
has been reflected on as acting with niggardly sharp-sightedness, in refusing ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"It should, moreover, not escape attention that the sharp-sightedness of ...
This ever-increasing sensitiveness and sharp-sightedness of the pursuer on the ..."
3. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... [c] sharp-sightedness, keen- sightedness. Skat [c] treasure; min —! my love!
Skat [c] Skarv [c] cormorant. ..."
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