2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wakeful \Wake"ful\, a.
Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright.
--Dryden.
-- {Wake"ful*ly}, adv -- {Wake"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wakeful
adj 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" [syn: {argus-eyed}, {open-eyed}, {vigilant},
{watchful}]
2: (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light
sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" [syn: {light}]
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