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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Watchful \Watch"ful\, a.
Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe
closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to
be regulated or guarded; as to be watchful of one's
behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided;
as to be watchful against the growth of vicious habits.
``Many a watchful night.'' --Shak. ``Happy watchful
shepherds.'' --Milton.
'Twixt prayer and watchful love his heart dividing.
--Keble.
Syn: Vigilant; attentive; cautious; observant; circumspect;
wakeful; heedful. -- {Watch"ful*ly}, adv --
{Watch"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
watchful
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},
{wakeful}]
2: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old
people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night";
"twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
[syn: {insomniac}, {sleepless}]
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