lynx-eyed

American  

[lingks-ahyd] / ˈlɪŋksˌaɪd /

adjective

1. sharp-sighted.

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lynx-eyed British  

adjective

1. having keen sight

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Etymology

Origin of lynx-eyed

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

In it, lynx-eyed Washington viewers can even catch a glimpse of D.C.’s most debonair collector, Mark Samuels Lasner, and a quick shot of the young Allan Stypeck, owner of Second Story Books.

From Washington Post • May 5, 2020

Right at home here, lynx-eyed Lauren lets her voice burn like a laser into Scenarist William Goldman's polished-steel dialogue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miscast as a morbidly jealous wife, Gertrude Lawrence manages to give her role a lynx-eyed dignity which is an excellent foil for the brittle vibrance of Miriam Hop kins.

From Time Magazine Archive

And because Chekhov was compassionate as well as lynx-eyed, Vanya shows how real the hurts can be, however comic the poses and self-pities.

From Time Magazine Archive

It would take a lynx-eyed detective to spot the game, especially when the port-hole is opened, because the bunk is dead against the light.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)