Warily
['weərɪlɪ] or ['wɛrəli]
Definition
(adv.) In a wary manner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Cautiously, carefully, heedfully, circumspectly, watchfully, vigilantly, charily.
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Definition
&c. See Wary.
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Examples
- She seemed to examine me warily; then she answered-- The servants sleep so far off, you know, Miss, they would not be likely to hear. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Warily he stepped, his slender lance ever ready, his long oval shield firmly grasped in his left hand close to his sleek ebony body. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- This fact warned Archer to go warily; but the insinuations about Beaufort made him reckless. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Then he changed his tactics, and fighting warily and with extreme dexterity, he tried to do by science what he was unable to do by brute strength. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Warily I pushed the door a trifle wider to admit my body. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In the meantime the beasts within the cabin were warily examining the contents of this strange lair. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At the stairs where we had taken him abroad, and ever since, I had looked warily for any token of our being suspected. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Gerald watched him warily, carefully, rather calculatingly, for he could not decide what he was after. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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