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broad awake

broad awake adjective: wide awake.

Adjective

broad awake (not comparable)

  1. wide awake
    • 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
    • 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.1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter VII

Questions about broad awake

What does broad awake mean?
Broad awake means wide awake.
What part of speech is broad awake?
Broad awake is an adjective.

Words near broad awake in the dictionary

  1. broad antigens
  2. broad arrow
  3. broad arrowhead
  4. broad arrowheads
  5. broad arrows
  6. broad awake
  7. broad bean
  8. broad beans
  9. Broad Brook
  10. broad brush
  11. broad brushes

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