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Meanings of watchfulness in English

Portuguese
vigilância
Catalan
atenció
Spanish
atención

The process of paying close and continuous attention.

        vigilância
        Usage of watchfulness in English
        1
        Thanks to his parents' watchfulness, Ted had no serious misfortune to peddle.
        Getting in: a novel
        2
        However, Transpower has nudged up its own level of watchfulness once more.
        Radio NZ
        3
        Something evil in the watchfulness of the three chilled momentarily his veins.
        The Big-Town Round-Up
        4
        It needs much discipline and watchfulness; it excludes all self-will and selfishness.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV
        5
        All the long night he spent in vigil and groanings and watchfulness.
        French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
        6
        The price of its order was an almost intolerable watchfulness and tension.
        The War in the Air
        7
        The bordermen walked less rapidly in order to proceed with more watchfulness.
        The Last Trail
        8
        There was no conversation among the men, only a general wary watchfulness.
        Outlander
        9
        Unsleeping watchfulness and universal suspicion, those are the principles I work on.
        The Lost Naval Papers
        10
        There was no suggestion of anger in his attitude, merely cat-like watchfulness.
        The Forfeit
        11
        With this watchfulness it can be done, and the advantages are numerous.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881
        12
        The target of her watchfulness would appear occasionally at sunset or sunrise.
        The adventures of button
        13
        There is no malice near us; but there is watchfulness, and anger.'
        The two towers
        14
        Whatever was attempted, therefore, must be attempted in defiance of his watchfulness.
        Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
        15
        Yet it seemed to him that an air of watchfulness was everywhere.
        Come Rack! Come Rope!
        16
        It was a war of stealth and cruelty, and ceaseless, sleepless watchfulness.
        The Winning of the West, Volume 1 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
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        Translations for watchfulness
        Portuguese
        vigilância
        Watchfulness through the time
        Watchfulness across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common