QUICK-SIGHTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quick-sighted mean? 

• QUICK-SIGHTED (adjective)
  The adjective QUICK-SIGHTED has 2 senses:

1. having very keen vision

2. keenly perceptive or alert

  Familiarity information: QUICK-SIGHTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUICK-SIGHTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having very keen vision

Synonyms:

argus-eyed; hawk-eyed; keen-sighted; lynx-eyed; quick-sighted; sharp-eyed; sharp-sighted

Context example:

quick-sighted as a cat

Similar:

sighted (able to see)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Keenly perceptive or alert

Synonyms:

quick-sighted; sharp-eyed; sharp-sighted

Context example:

quick-sighted into the faults of the time

Similar:

perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)

 Context examples 

I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

His mind, now disengaged from the cares which had pressed on him at first, was at leisure to find the Grants and their young inmates really worth visiting; and though infinitely above scheming or contriving for any the most advantageous matrimonial establishment that could be among the apparent possibilities of any one most dear to him, and disdaining even as a littleness the being quick-sighted on such points, he could not avoid perceiving, in a grand and careless way, that Mr. Crawford was somewhat distinguishing his niece—nor perhaps refrain (though unconsciously) from giving a more willing assent to invitations on that account.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He, her father, a well-meaning, but not a quick-sighted man, could really, I believe, give no information; for he had been generally confined to the house, while the girls were ranging over the town and making what acquaintance they chose; and he tried to convince me, as thoroughly as he was convinced himself, of his daughter's being entirely unconcerned in the business.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

That I should be cautious and quick-sighted, and feel many scruples which my children do not feel, is perfectly natural; and equally so that my value for domestic tranquillity, for a home which shuts out noisy pleasures, should much exceed theirs.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)