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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

She does provide intricate detail about, for instance, how the station’s drinking water gets recycled from everyone’s urine, or how “the wide-awake, always-awake station vibrates with fans and filters.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 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

When I get home, I’m still wide-awake, and so I spread out the map and study it.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven