awakeness

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noun

The quality or state of being awake

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Meanings

nounawakeness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality or state of being awake

    The kind of awakeness that allows you to be appropriate to whatever moment you're in.

    1991 March 22, John Brizzolara, “Equal Temperament”, in Chicago Reader
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    "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.

    1922, Angela Brazil, The Jolliest School of All

    By that measure, Nehlig's team found, the brain activity of animals given caffeine rose in brain regions involved in locomotion, mood, and awakeness.

    1999 April 9, Robert F. Service, “Chemists Mix It Up in California”, in Science, volume 284, number 5412, →DOI, pages 243–244

Origin

From awake + -ness.

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APA

awakeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awakeness

MLA

“awakeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awakeness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awakeness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awakeness.

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