watchfulness
watchfulness
English
Noun
Ad
Definition
The state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness.
Etymology
From watchful + -ness.
Example Sentences
- "Continuous watchfulness is maintained around the clock."
- "The first thing to be undertaken in this weighty work, is a watchfulness over the failings and an inlargement of the dominion, of the Senses."
- "1784, Samuel Johnson, letter addressed to Mr. Langton dated 25 August, 1784, cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume 2, p. 545, Nights of watchfulness produce torpid days […]"
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