open-eyed

[oh-puhn-ahyd] / ˈoʊ pənˈaɪd /

ADJECTIVE

alert

Synonyms

WEAK

active all ears bright cagey careful circumspect clever fast on the draw good hands heads up heedful hip intelligent jazzed observant on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the lookout on the qui vive perceptive psyched-up quick ready sharp spirited switched on vigilant wakeful wary watchful wide-awake wired wise with it

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It’s what gives this compassionate, cautiously hopeful movie’s open-eyed naturalism a wonderful, pulsating humanity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

But we need to be open-eyed about what renewables — whether hydro, wind or solar — can actually produce.

From Salon • May 20, 2023

That this message comes from someone whose football career seemingly ended after he put his own power to use is left unspoken in this open-eyed but optimistic series.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

So it was just being open-eyed about who we are as Americans and looking at our history and learning from it.

From Fox News • Jun. 20, 2020

He moved away, confident that his little girls would not lie open-eyed like that, staring, staring.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

open-eyed

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