Clear-headed

Clear-headed
Clear-headed Clear"-head`ed (kl[=e]r"h[e^]d`[e^]d), a. Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. ``He was laborious and clear-headed.'' --Macaulay. -- {Clear"-head`ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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  • clear-headed — adj able to think in a clear and sensible way …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • clear-headed — index sapient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • clear-headed — adjective able to think in a sensible and calm way …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • clear-headed — ADJ GRADED (approval) If you describe someone as clear headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations. ...his clear headed grasp of the laws of economics …   English dictionary

  • clear-headed — a. 1. Free from confusion or confused thought, lucid, luminous, clear thoughted, clear thinking. 2. Discerning, clear sighted, clear seeing, keen sighted, shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious, penetrating, acute, long headed. See intelligent …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • clear-headed — adjective thinking clearly clear headedly adverb clear headedness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • clear-headed — /ˈklɪə hɛdəd/ (say klear heduhd) adjective having or showing a clear head or understanding. –clear headedness, noun …  

  • clear-headed — adjective alert and thinking logically. Derivatives clear headedness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • clear headed — sober, thinking clearly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • clear-headed — UK / US adjective able to think in a sensible and calm way …   English dictionary

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