Clear-headed
having or showing an alert mind.
Contemporary Examples
Weed Gave My Family Everything—Then Took It Away Abby Haglage April 8, 2014
Historical Examples
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) John Morley
The Coming of the Fairies Arthur Conan Doyle
On Board the Esmeralda John Conroy Hutcheson
Private Journal of Henry Francis Brooke Henry Francis Brooke
Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Adam Gurowski
Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2) Samuel Warren
The Modern Railroad Edward Hungerford
Miser Farebrother (vol 3 of 3) Benjamin Leopold Farjeon
adjective
mentally alert; sensible; judicious
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