Wary
['weərɪ] or ['wɛri]
Definition
(adj.) marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; 'they were wary in their movements'; 'a wary glance at the black clouds'; 'taught to be wary of strangers' .
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Definition
(a.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
(a.) Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Cautious, heedful, careful, watchful, vigilant, circumspect, prudent, discreet, guarded.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Suspicious, cautious, watchful, guarded, circumspect, prudent, vigilant
ANT:Unwary, unsuspecting, incautious, invigilant, unwatchful, unguarded,uncircumspect, heedless
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Definition
adj. warding or guarding against deception &c.: cautious.—adj. Ware′ful careful.—n. Ware′fulness.—adv. Wā′rily.—n. Wā′riness.
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Examples
- Be cautious then, young ladies; be wary how you engage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hanging about the doorway (I fancied,) were slouchy Pompeiian street-boys uttering slang and profanity, and keeping a wary eye out for checks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We must be wary for a while, if we are to get the information which we want. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Gerald, who was very subtly alert, wary in all his senses, leaned forward and asked smilingly: 'What were you saying? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- With a wary eye on future emergencies, I kept the letter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Roaring and shrieking the apes dashed toward Kulonga, but that wary savage was fleeing down the trail like a frightened antelope. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The fact that assumption plays a large part in our mental attitude toward practical affairs should make us wary of contesting the legitimacy of scientific hypo theses. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- In the time to come, I shall have a wary eye on all admirers; and shall exact a great deal from the successful one, I assure you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If Mercury should chance to be possessed by any lingering curiosity as to Mr. Bucket's letters, that wary person is not the man to gratify it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As often as the driver rested them and brought them to a stand, with a wary Wo-ho! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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