wakeful
adj/ˈweɪk.fʊl/ · /ˈweɪk.f(ə)l/
Etymology From wake + -ful.
1
Awake; not sleeping.
2
Sleepless.
3
Vigilant and alert; watchful.
- “Be wakeful, Beowulf, against our foe.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 29:
- Derived terms
- wakefully, wakefulness