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unwinking

unwinking adjective: not winking.

Adjective

unwinking (not comparable)

  1. Not winking.
    • […] what was now lying at his feet, and staring him out of countenance with its big, green, unwinking eyes, was the cat […]1954, C. S. Lewis, chapter 6, in The Horse and His Boy, Collins, published 1998
  2. (broadly) Constantly on one's guard; vigilant.
    • All your anxious care, all your unwinking vigilance, is necessary to preserve you from your great adversary.1792, Vicesimus Knox, Sermons, chiefly intended to promote Faith, Hope, and Charity

Origin of unwinking

From un- + winking.

Words formed from unwinking

Questions about unwinking

What does unwinking mean?
Unwinking means not winking.
What part of speech is unwinking?
Unwinking is an adjective.

Words near unwinking in the dictionary

  1. unwinds
  2. unwindy
  3. Unwinese
  4. Unwinesque
  5. unwinged
  6. unwinking
  7. unwinkingly
  8. unwinnability
  9. unwinnable
  10. unwinnably
  11. unwinning

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