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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Watchful \Watch"ful\, adjective 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}, adverb -- {Watch"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
watchful
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "watchful": Argus-eyed, advertent, agog, alert, all ears, all eyes, assiduous, attentive, aux aguets, aware, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, concentrated, conscious, covering, custodial, defensive, diligent, eagle-eyed, earnest, finical, finicking, finicky, fostering, guarded, guardian, guarding, hawk-eyed, heedful, immunizing, intense, intent, intentive, keen-eyed, lidless, meticulous, mindful, nice, niggling, observant, observing, on guard, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the watch, open-eared, open-eyed, openmouthed, parental, preventive, prompt, prophylactic, protecting, protective, prudent, quick, ready, regardful, safeguarding, screening, sharp-eyed, sheltering, shielding, sleepless, tutelary, unsleeping, vigilant, wakeful, wary, wide-awake, with open eyes
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