paying attention to what is happening in case of danger, accidents, etc:
Her expression was watchful and alert. * His mother kept a watchful eye on him. * The children played under the watchful eye of their teacher.
watchfully adverb
watchfulness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for watchful is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is watchful a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, watchful is tagged as adjective.
Does watchful appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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