Hypertext Webster Gateway: "watchful"

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) 1.7 (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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