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watchfulness

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watch·ful  (wchfl)
adj.
1. Closely observant or alert; vigilant: kept a watchful eye on the clock. See Synonyms at aware, careful.
2. Archaic Not sleeping; awake.
watchful·ly adv.
watchful·ness n.
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Noun1.watchfulnesswatchfulness - the process of paying close and continuous attention; "wakefulness, watchfulness, and bellicosity make a good hunter"; "vigilance is especially susceptible to fatigue"
alertness, vigilance, wakefulness
attention - the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"
jealousy - zealous vigilance; "cherish their official political freedom with fierce jealousy"-Paul Blanshard
2.watchfulnesswatchfulness - vigilant attentiveness; "he keeps a weather eye open for trouble"
weather eye, vigilance
attentiveness - the trait of being observant and paying attention


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Without interruptions of this kind, the best narrative of plain matter of fact must overpower every reader; for nothing but the ever lasting watchfulness, which Homer has ascribed only to Jove himself, can be proof against a newspaper of many volumes.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
But watchfulness prevented any accident, and eventually the party reached the place where they had left their goods.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
Their confidence revived, they might in a short time remit in some degree their watchfulness over my movements, and I should then be the better enabled to avail myself of any opportunity which presented itself for escape.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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