unwinkingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɪŋkɪŋ/In very frequent use c1855–1900.in extended use.1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 127 The sands had a dreadful unwinking glare.in extended use.1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archipel. 5 A white, unwinking, scintillating sun.
1. Marked by absence of winking; characterized by watchfulness or vigilance.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adjective] > characterized by vigilance
vigilant1531
wakeful1561
watchful1582
unwinking1782
monitoring1907
monitored1940
1782 V. Knox Ess. xvii. ⁋9 That unwinking vigilance which a delicate..father will judge necessary in the care of daughters.
1833 E. B. Browning Tempest 88 The open eyes Of that dead man,..With their unwinking, unexpressive stare.
1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxviii. 562 The attitude..was now expressive of unwinking watchfulness.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda II. iii. xxv. 148 No fish could have maintained a more unwinking silence.
1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 326 His eyes were red with strained, unwinking attention.
2. Not winking; never closing the eyes.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adjective] > movements of eye > winking or blinking > not
unwinking1811
winkless1861
1811 C. Lamb Edax on Appetite in Wks. (1908) I. 153 The broad, unwinking eye of the world.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 201 She watches her prey, lynx-eyed, unwinking upon him.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 227 Such answer as might be looked for from the unwinking sphinx.
Derivatives
unˈwinkingly adv. (Frequently from c1890.)
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adverb]
vigilantly1531
watchfully1538
watchingly1552
wakefullya1586
guardfully?1611
unwinkingly1849
a-watch1856
alertly1865
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [adverb] > winking or blinking > not
unwinkingly1849
unblinkingly1869
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. x. 261 A formidable eye..looked as steadily, as unwinkingly, at you as if it were a steel ball soldered in her head.
1891 J. H. Pearce Esther Pentreath iii. viii She found Aichel..unwinkingly there on the watch.
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adj.1782