Adjective:

கூர்ந்து கவனிக்கிற,

watchful's Usage Examples:

A still broader foreign question grew out of Mexican affairs, when events culminating in the setting up of Maximilian of Austria as emperor under protection of French troops demanded the constant watchfulness of the United States.

While thus uniting under their vigorous autocratic rule the small rival principalities, the Moscow princes had to keep a watchful eye on their eastern neighbours.

Rhyn paced under the watchful gaze of the convent member, itching to leave Kiki to find Katie.

"Gustavus, naturally suspicious, was much perturbed by the innovation, and warned all his border officials to be watchful and prepare for the worst.

Things would doubtless have become worse but for the watchfulness which the bar generally shows in endeavouring to secure the selection of honest and fairly competent men.

In their watchful silence, and in their rapt attention, do these denizens of the borderlands make known their approbation.

The watchfulness of the court was, however, aroused, and on the discovery of the Rye House Plot, Sidney, who had always been regarded in a vague way as dangerous, was arrested while at dinner on the 26th of June 1683.

Police Motorcycles guided the funeral cars through the mid-day traffic as a hovering helicopter kept a watchful eye on the proceeding cavalcade.

They hailed it as their guard and protector; and, associating with its apparent watchfulness the well-known fidelity of the dog, they called it the "dog-star" and worshipped it.

Wast thou ashamed of me, 0 Petros?"Mary Thy Mother stopped at the foot of the Cross, but poverty mounted it with Thee and clasped Thee in her embrace unto the end; and when Thou wast dying of thirst, as a watchful spouse she prepared for Thee the gall.

It was her remaining guard, Ledden, whose watchful gaze had rarely left the enemy's men outside the door.

Synonyms:

argus-eyed, awake, alert, wakeful, open-eyed, wide-awake, wary, sleepless, vigilant, lidless, heads-up, fly, lively,

Antonyms:

spiritless, asleep, unalert, unwary, dull,