WATCHFULLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does watchfully mean? 

• WATCHFULLY (adverb)
  The adverb WATCHFULLY has 1 sense:

1. in a watchful manner

  Familiarity information: WATCHFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WATCHFULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a watchful manner

Synonyms:

vigilantly; watchfully

Pertainym:

watchful (engaged in or accustomed to close observation)

 Context examples 

My aunt received this proposal so very ungraciously, that he never ventured on a second; but ever afterwards confined himself to looking watchfully at her for her suggestions, and rattling his money.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Then they sauntered over to my house and sat on the steps for half an hour while at her request I remained watchfully in the garden: In case there's a fire or a flood, she explained, or any act of God.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)