1. in a wakeful manner; while remaining awake or alert

Examples

• She lay wakefully in bed, listening to every sound in the house.
• The guard stood wakefully at his post throughout the night.
• He spent the hours wakefully, unable to quiet his racing thoughts.
• The mother watched wakefully over her sick child.
• The dog remained wakefully alert to any approaching strangers.
• She stared wakefully at the ceiling, replaying the day's events.