watchful
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 8
/ˈwɒt͡ʃ.fəl/
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/ˈwɒt͡ʃ.fəl/ · /ˈwɔt͡ʃ.fəl/
Definition of watchful
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Fully observant, vigilant, or aware.
“The teacher kept a watchful eye on her pupils during the school trip.”
“But there was so much at stake that I had to take some risk—though even when I was far away there has never been a day when the Shire has not been guarded by watchful eyes.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English waccheful, equivalent to watch + -ful. Compare West Frisian waaks (“watchful”), Dutch waaks, waakzaam (“watchful”), German wachsam (“watchful”), Swedish vaksam (“watchful”).
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