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wakeful - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'wakeful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wakeful [ a.]
- Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.

Meaning of 'wakeful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wakeful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (of sleep) easily disturbed
Example in sentence:
  • a light sleeper;
  • a restless wakeful night;
  • in a light doze
Meaning (2):
- carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger
Example in sentence:
  • a policy of open-eyed awareness;
  • a watchful parent with a toddler in tow;
  • the vigilant eye of the town watch;
  • there was a watchful dignity in the room
Meaning (3):
- marked by full consciousness or alertness
Example in sentence:
  • worked every moment of my waking hours

Nearby Words:

wake wake-robin waked waken wakened wakener wakening waker waketime waking

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