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Keen-sighted

adj.thoughtful, capableformal

What it means

Highly perceptive and quick to recognize important details.

Reach for it when praising accurate observation and the judgment drawn from it

The keen-sighted mediator noticed that both proposals protected the same priority.

Choose between these

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  • playful

    eagle-eyed

    exceptional visual attention is the literal strength

    not when The metaphor is conspicuous and unsuitable for restrained professional prose.

  • playful

    sharp-eyed

    quick visual detection deserves lively praise

    not when Sharp-eyed feels jaunty in a sober technical assessment.

  • everyday

    observant

    small facts are reliably noticed

    not when Observant establishes attention without proving sound interpretation.

  • warm

    insightful

    the observation reveals a deeper pattern

    not when Insightful can describe one idea without showing consistently keen perception.

  • professional

    perceptive

    someone understands the significance behind details

    not when Perceptive may rely on emotional insight rather than close visual observation.

  • formal

    discerning

    good judgment separates meaningful differences

    not when Discerning emphasizes evaluation more than initial noticing.

Said against

3
  • unobservant
  • obtuse
  • shortsighted

It naturally appears in

3
  • keen-sighted observer

    A keen-sighted observer found the forged date in the margin.

  • keen-sighted analysis

    Keen-sighted analysis exposed the assumption hidden in both forecasts.

  • keen-sighted editor

    The keen-sighted editor caught a contradiction between the two chapters.

Where this comes from

The exact compound lacked a standalone Wiktionary page at retrieval; the source grounds the relevant sense of keen.

Keen-sighted is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for keen, and the definition and example here are written for Keen-sighted itself.

The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.