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View synonyms for hawk-eyed
hawk-eyed
[ hawk-ahyd ]
adjective
- having very keen sight:
a hawk-eyed guard.
hawk-eyed
adjective
- having extremely keen sight
- 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?
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In contrast with the clean, hard, hawk-eyed miners, he looked blotched and unwholesome.
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He was hawk-eyed, square-built, very red-faced, with an eye anything but expressive of saintly life.
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I have observed, in doing business with lawyers, that they are exceedingly hawk-eyed, and jealous of everybody.
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It behooved the voyager to observe a sleepless caution and a hawk-eyed vigilance.
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