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wakeful
Part of speech: AdjectiveFree from sleepiness; unable to sleep; watchful.
Part of speech: AdverbWakefully.
Part of speech: Noun Usage examples "wakeful":- She had taken counsel with her own heart, through many wakeful hours, and grown calm and still. - "Christian's Mistake", Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.
- Once at midnight Hiawatha, Ever wakeful, ever watchful, In the wigwam, dimly lighted By the brands that still were burning, By the glimmering, flickering firelight Heard a sighing, oft repeated, Heard a sobbing, as of sorrow. - "The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
- Yet wakeful and watching men may be as silent as those who sleep. - "Princess Maritza", Percy Brebner.