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Wakeful Common

Wakeful has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

"a policy of open-eyed awareness"

"the vigilant eye of the town watch"

"there was a watchful dignity in the room"

"a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"

2

(of sleep) easily disturbed

"in a light doze"

"a light sleeper"

"a restless wakeful night"

3

marked by full consciousness or alertness

"worked every moment of my waking hours"

4

Awake; not sleeping.

Example Sentences
"a policy of open-eyed awareness" adjective
"the vigilant eye of the town watch" adjective
"there was a watchful dignity in the room" adjective
"a watchful parent with a toddler in tow" adjective
"in a light doze" adjective
"a light sleeper" adjective
"a restless wakeful night" adjective
"worked every moment of my waking hours" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
awful woful urnful earful endful woeful cupful hueful dueful manful jugful aimful wilful aidful useful canful binful busful armful owlful
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