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Definitions

wide-awake

[wahyd-uh-weyk] / ˈwaɪd əˈweɪk /
ADJECTIVE
fully awake
Synonyms
WEAK
active alert all ears attentive bright bright-eyed and bushy-tailed fast on the draw heads up intelligent lively on guard on one's toes on the ball on the job on the lookout psyched-up quick ready sharp spirited vigilant watchful wide-eyed wired

Example Sentences

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All that suggests that the case will keep jurors wide-awake during the six or so weeks it is projected to take.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

I’m grateful to have seen it in a theater, which it absolutely deserves; audiences planning to stream it at home should know that it demands and rewards wide-awake attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2022

But the irritable Rushdie felt like the real one, or at least the wide-awake one.

From New York Times • May 24, 2021

“Here’s a landscape!” thought Laurie, peeping through the bushes, and looking wide-awake and good-natured already.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott