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Argus-eyed   /ˈɑrgəs-aɪd/   Listen
Argus-eyed

adjective
1.
Having very keen vision.  Synonyms: hawk-eyed, keen-sighted, lynx-eyed, quick-sighted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted.
2.
Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger.  Synonyms: open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful.  "The vigilant eye of the town watch" , "There was a watchful dignity in the room" , "A watchful parent with a toddler in tow"






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"Argus-eyed" Quotes from Famous Books



... post-marks, where they come from; what parcels are left for him; what they appear to contain, &c. &c. &c. Again, at the corner of every principal street, there is located, wearing the badge of the police, a commissionaire, acquainted with all that outwardly goes on within the radius of his Argus-eyed observations. From these people, from the drivers of fiacres, from the sellers of vegetables, from fruiterers, and lastly, from the masters of wine-shops, who either from people sober, tipsy, or drunk, are in the habit ...
— Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, No. 421, New Series, Jan. 24, 1852 • Various



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