Alertness
[ə'lɜːtnəs] or [ə'lɝtnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) lively attentiveness.
(noun.) a state of readiness to respond; 'alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG'.
Editor: Madge--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
Editor: Vanessa
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Watchfulness, vigilance, circumspection, wariness.[2]. Activity, agility, nimbleness, briskness, smartness, sprightliness, quickness, spryness, promptness, readiness.
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Examples
- It was a profound observation when Bernard Shaw said that men dread liberty because of the bewildering responsibility it imposes and the uncommon alertness it demands. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Sherman had on this campaign some bright, wide-awake division and brigade commanders whose alertness added a host to the efficiency of his command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Vigor, endurance, and mental alertness are bought by hygienic living; that is, by proper food, fresh air, exercise, cleanliness, and reasonable hours. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- As Holmes drew the curtain I was aware, from some little rigidity and alertness of his attitude, that he was prepared for an emergency. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Jane's alertness in moving, proved her as ready as her aunt had preconceived. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The redundancy of his alertness was half-vexing, half-ludicrous: in my mind I both disapproved and derided most of this fuss. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was very good-looking and self-contained, but his air of soldierly alertness was rather irritating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Cheerfulness and alertness seemed to return to him, and a quietness which no insult or injury could ruffle seemed to possess him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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