SuaviloquyToday’s word

wide-awake

Wide-awake, a.

Fully awake; not Dickens.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Wide-awake, n.

A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for wide-awake; he lists it under alert, vigilant.

Where he writes about it:

Alert, ready, and wide-awake refer to a watchful promptness for action. — from alert