Sightedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being sighted, or having the ability to see. uncountable

    "Bill said that he learned to be tactful — if Art asked where something was, a telephone for example, Bill would feign not knowing himself, so as not to emphasize his sightedness, then appear to find out and tell him."

  2. 2
    normal use of the faculty of vision wordnet

Synonyms

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discernmenteyeeyesighteyesighthorizonken

Example

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"Bill said that he learned to be tactful — if Art asked where something was, a telephone for example, Bill would feign not knowing himself, so as not to emphasize his sightedness, then appear to find out and tell him."

Etymology

From sighted + -ness.

Related phrases

clear-sightednessfar-sightednessnear-sightednesssharp-sightednessshort-sightedness

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