quick-sighted

adjective

: marked by keen quickly responsive sight

quick-sighted as a cat

or sharp quickly responsive discernment

quick-sighted into the faults of the time

—Leonard Bacon

: quick to see or discern : sharp-sighted

quick-sightedness noun

plural -es

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