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[ ee-guhl-ahyd ] / ˈi gəlˌaɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eagle-eyed ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of eagle-eyedFirst recorded in 1595–1605 Words nearby eagle-eyedEagan, eager, eager beaver, eagle, eagle eye, eagle-eyed, eagle-hawk, eagle owl, Eagle Pass, eagle ray, eagle scout Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eagle-eyedEagle-eyed Nelson Molina, who has been with the department since 1981, started the whole thing. One New York Sanitation Worker Has a New Idea for Recycling Trash … Turn It Into Art|Nina Strochlic|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Some eagle-eyed fans said they could see both Switzerland and Austria, the two countries that sandwich the tiny monarchy. War Games: Microsoft Invades Liechtenstein for Halo 4 Blowout|Alex Klein|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST But the eagle-eyed watcher watched until his eyes narrowed and became pin-points, and he ceased to be a man and became an optic. Irish Fairy Tales|James Stephens And eagle-eyed wisdom alone cannot take the lead of human action, which in its nature must for ever remain short-sighted. Notes on Life and Letters|Joseph Conrad
The law—the eagle-eyed law itself—had been deceived, and had handed over disputed thousands to a madman's hands. The Pickwick Papers|Charles Dickens Not one of the peaceful Pimas she had been accustomed to seeing, but a cruel-mouthed, eagle-eyed Apache. The Little Colonel in Arizona|Annie Fellows Johnston He was a stalwart, warm-hearted, eagle-eyed veteran, who had been a sailor nearly fifty years—a sailor from early boyhood. Roughing It|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for eagle-eyed
adjectivehaving keen or piercing eyesight Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to eagle-eyedobservant, perceptive, perspicacious, clear-sighted, hawk-eyed, sharp-eyed |