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wakeful
(wake|ful)
Pronunciation:
/ˈweɪkfʊl, -f(ə)l/
adjective
(of a person) unable or not needing to sleep:
he had been wakeful all night
(of a period of time) passed with little or no sleep:
wakeful nights
Derivatives
wakefully
adverb
wakefulness
noun
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