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adj. - Carefully observant or attentive; Marked by full consciousness or alertness; (of sleep) easily disturbed.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Adjective : Excitement made the children wakeful. ,a wakeful night. ,a wakeful foe
  • Evidently this was not one of his "wakeful" periods.
  • Cragg used it as a rendezvous or workshop and visited it stealthily on his "wakeful" nights.
  • I had no trouble in getting their wakeful attention.
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