observant
adjective/əbˈzɜːvənt/
/əbˈzɜːrvənt/
- good at noticing things around you synonym sharp-eyed
- Observant walkers may see red deer along this stretch of the road.
- How very observant of you!
- She keeps an observant eye on developments in education.
- He was acutely observant of the poverty around him.
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- (formal) careful to obey religious laws and customs
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from French, literally ‘watching’, present participle of observer, from Latin observare ‘to watch’, from ob- ‘towards’ + servare ‘attend to, look at’.
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