hyperobservant
hyperobservant adjective: extremely observant.
Adjective
hyperobservant (comparative more hyperobservant, superlative most hyperobservant)
- Extremely observant.
- And the next time you're out in public, start becoming hyperobservant; look at people's faces and apply the principles you've learned here.1993, Dick Gautier, Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Faces, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 22
- Love, though, made Dudley hyperobservant.1994, Erica Arbeel, Women Like Us, Ticknor and Fields, page 42
Examples of hyperobservant in a sentence
- When her best friend, Hope Weaves, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated.2006, Megan McCafferty, Charmed Thirds, Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 373:
- The hyperobservant of you may have noticed I recently posted asking questions about moving from plus.net to virgin media cable broadband.2007, Ade <madge@poohfan.com>, uk.telecom.broadband (Usenet), retrieved 26 May 2017:
Forms of hyperobservant
| comparative | more hyperobservant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hyperobservant |
Origin of hyperobservant
From hyper- + observant. First used in the 1980s.
Questions about hyperobservant
- What does hyperobservant mean?
- Hyperobservant means extremely observant.
- How do you use hyperobservant in a sentence?
- When her best friend, Hope Weaves, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated.
- What part of speech is hyperobservant?
- Hyperobservant is an adjective.
Words near hyperobservant in the dictionary
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