Definition of "sharp-sightedness" []

• Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) (noun)
• Lively attentiveness (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Like many other great men of his age, he has read the authors of Greece and Rome in a spirit that has identified him with their thoughts and feelings, by taking into account the circumstances of their times; and the result has been, that he has exchanged the formalities and critical sharp-sightedness of acquaintance for the intimacy of friendship."
• "It is only natural that there should be peculiarities in the construction of the limbs and skulls of the Dipodidea with their bird-like movements and bird-like sharp-sightedness, that are usually found only among birds."
• "Desire for a present itself became subservient to anxiety for the credit of her own sharp-sightedness and intuition."