clear-eyed
Speech parts
1. clear-eyed - Adjective
2. clear-eyed - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
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Examples
Balancing hopes, desires and an appreciating of the possibilities with a clear-eyed assessment of the limitations: that is the art of choosing.
I've always believed clear-eyed sobriety was for the harder hearted.
I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.
In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.
In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist.
A trancelike state settles over your efforts; the climb becomes a clear-eyed dream.