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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wakeful \Wake"ful\, adjective Not sleeping; indisposed to sleep; watchful; vigilant.
Dissembling sleep, but wakeful with the fright. --Dryden. -- {Wake"ful*ly}, adverb -- {Wake"ful*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wakeful
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}, {watchful}]
2: (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" [syn: {light}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "wakeful": agile, alert, alive, attentive, awake, bright, insomniac, insomnious, keen, nimble, on the, on the alert, on the ball, on the job, prompt, qui vive, quick, ready, restless, sharp, sleepless, slumberless, smart, unblinking, unnodding, unsleeping, unwinking, wide-awake
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