clear-eyed

• cleareyed

clear-eyed (comparative more clear-eyed, superlative most clear-eyed)

1. Having clear, sharp sight.
2. (figurative) Mentally acute and perspicacious.
   • 2022 December 5, Matthew Goldstein, “Ordinary Investors Who Jumped Into Crypto Are Saying: Now What?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     They were cleareyed about the volatility and big price swings of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But what has come as a big surprise to many is that the firms where they deposited their money lacked the basic protections offered by a brokerage or a bank.

   • 2023 June 10, Roula Khalaf, “Lunch with the FT: François Hollande”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:

     Hollande was always clear-eyed about Vladimir Putin, setting himself apart from a French political tradition that has often been more complacent about Russia.

• clear-sighted

• foggy
• muddled

• bright-eyed
• open-eyed
• sharp-eyed
• steely-eyed