Both Uses of
vigilant
in
David Copperfield
- No company, a walk, a family dinner of four, and an evening of looking over books and pictures; Miss Murdstone with a homily before her, and her eye upon us, keeping guard vigilantly.†
Chpt 25-27
- As to Miss Murdstone,' for I had alluded to her in the letter, 'I respect that lady's vigilance, and feel obliged to her; but she has strict charge to avoid the subject.†
Chpt 37-39 *
Definition:
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(vigilant) carefully observant or attentive -- often to possible danger