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   wakeful

   /ˈweɪkf(ʊ)l/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) unable or not needing to sleep: "he had been wakeful all night" Similar unsleepingawakerestlessrestivetossing and turningwithout sleepwide awakeinsomniacarchaic:watchfulOpposite sleepingasleep
   • ▪ (of a period of time) passed with little or no sleep: "wakeful nights"

   Derivatives

   • 1. wakefully adverb
   • 2. wakefulness noun

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   Wakeful means not sleeping or able to sleep, or sleepless. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for wakeful in the online dictionary.

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   Wakeful definition: unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep. See examples of WAKEFUL used in a sentence.

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   Wakeful means not able to sleep, or used to describe a period of time when you are not able to sleep. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences, and see its synonyms and translations in different languages.

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   Wakeful means not able to sleep, or used to describe a period of time when you are not able to sleep. Learn how to use this formal adjective in sentences and see its synonyms and translations in different languages.

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   If you're wide awake, especially when you should be asleep, you're wakeful. A wakeful baby can be perfectly pleasant in the middle of the day but is a lot less fun after midnight. Many new parents spend weeks or months of wakeful nights, and even getting a new puppy can lead to a long, wakeful period of your life.

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   Wakeful means unable or unwilling to sleep, or alert and watchful. See synonyms, examples, word frequency and origin of 'wakeful'.

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   Wakeful means not sleeping or unable to sleep. It is a formal word that can describe a person or a period of time. See how to use it in sentences and synonyms.