Meaning of clear-eyed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having clear, sharp sight.
2. Mentally acute and perspicacious.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Another is the smoldering radicalism of eternal student Terrence Moses (Marc Ewing, aptly intense), once the family’s tutor, now smitten with Anna and perhaps the clearest-eyed person in the play⟳.”

“The new government of President Jacob Zuma seems to have⟳ a clearer-eyed view⟳ of the problem, its remedies and the need⟳ to improve⟳ the overall health care system than its predecessor did.”

“"The golden age is over," muses Tamara, but one of her clearer-eyed colleagues is quick to correct⟳ her: "The gravy train⟳ has been derailed, you mean⟳."”

“They were cleareyed about the volatility and big price swings of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But what has come⟳ as a big surprise⟳ to many is that the firms where they deposited their money lacked the basic protections offered by a brokerage or a bank.”

“Hollande was always clear-eyed about Vladimir Putin, setting himself apart from a French political tradition that has often been more complacent about Russia.”

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