ADJECTIVE
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mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument
chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership - having sharp clear vision
How To Use clear-sighted In A Sentence
- Shamsie's attempt to explain political upheaval through interlocking lives is broad-minded, clear-sighted, even valiant. Burnt Shadows: Summary and book reviews of Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie.
- He saw, seating himself as directed in an enveloping black chair, what clear-sighted men sometimes see. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
- He notes that he looked "to those twelve Caesars so mistreated by Suetonius," in the hope of emulating the best of each: "the clear-sightedness of Tiberius, without his harshness; the learning of Claudius without his weakness; Nero's taste for the arts, but stripped of all foolish vanity; the kindness of Titus, stopping short of his sentimentality; Vespasian's thrift, but not his absurd miserliness. Portrait of Power Embodied in a Roman Emperor
- But behind the on-air enthusiasm and frisson of illegality, the station's founders were hard-headed realists driven by a clear-sighted aims.
- He provides a clear-sighted and sensible guide for anyone who finds himself in the media spotlight.
- Usually Steve Benen is to my mind one of the most clear-sighted observers of the DC scene. Discourse.net: The Holder Strategy
- She had regained her composure and her straight, clear-sighted gaze. IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE
- Try to keep a clear-sighted view of your objective.
- Throughout The Cookbook Collector Goodman shows herself to be a clear-sighted observer who doesn't flinch from depicting her characters' blindspots and failings. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman – review
- That is not clear-sighted policy, and it is not helpful. Matthew Yglesias » Explaining Why the Geithner Plan Was So Vague
