Awakeness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being awake uncountable

    ""I sat up in bed with that feeling of broad awakeness and alertness which comes to us sometimes, and caught my breath as I listened, for through the stillness of the night came the unmistakable sound of a gentle tapping from behind the paneling of the wall."

Example

More examples

""I sat up in bed with that feeling of broad awakeness and alertness which comes to us sometimes, and caught my breath as I listened, for through the stillness of the night came the unmistakable sound of a gentle tapping from behind the paneling of the wall."

Etymology

From awake + -ness.

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