clear-sighted

Adjective

clear-sighted (comparative more clear-sighted or clearer-sighted, superlative most clear-sighted or clearest-sighted)

1. Having sharp vision.
2. Acutely perceptive or discerning; perspicacious.
   • Who can form even a likely guess as to what is to succeed, even the best-informed and clearest-sighted Russian, except as to his own immediate neighborhood? The proceedings of one neighborhood cannot in the least be inferred from those of another.1905 December 8, “The Russian Empire—and After?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2025
   • Even the clearer-sighted prisoners make their own compromises with reality. An amiable artist (Lon Huber) had left his hiding place for a walk even though he knew the danger, while the best-informed of the lot, a Marxist electrician (Tim O’Hare), lives his own life as a historical abstraction amid...1995 December 13, Philip Brandes, “Theater Review: Strong Ensemble Delivers Powerful ‘Incident at Vichy’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC...