Watchingness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Watchingness is a noun meaning The quality of watching; vigilant attention.
Meaning
The quality of watching; vigilant attention.
Example Sentences
Beulah's mother came over with her silent watchingness and leaned over her pale daughter.
Is it not then, moreover, preposterous to affirm that the state of watchingness, inquietude, struggle, knowing that the enemy is ever in ambush for the soul,—a state in which the Christian is ceaselessly kept—is one that begets pride, when its natural consequence cannot but be humility?
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include watchfulness, attentivity, vigilantness, observantness, attentiveness, unwatchfulness.
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