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watchful

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watchful in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. engaged in or accustomed to close observation
    "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"
    alert  watchful 
  2. experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness
    "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare
    insomniac  sleepless  watchful 
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