broad awake

adjective

wide awake

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Meanings

adjectivebroad awake (not comparable)
  1. not comparablewide awake

    1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VII The felon Rufus Dawes had stretched himself in his bunk and tried to sleep. But though he was tired and sore, and his head felt like lead, he could not but keep broad awake.

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    Ah, that is kind, dear mother; and see now How broad awake I am, and how so smart I'm finishing my work since you relate These pretty tales.

    1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 90

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APA

broad awake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broad%20awake

MLA

“broad awake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broad%20awake. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broad awake,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broad%20awake.

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