Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective On guard; watchful.
- adjective Characterized by caution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
warry . - Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; watchful; on the alert against surprise or danger; ever on one's guard.
- Guarded; careful as to doing or not doing something; chary.
- Characterized by caution; guarded.
- Prudent; circumspect; wise.
- Synonyms Careful, circumspect, etc. See list under
cautious .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
- adjective Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Cautious ofdanger ; carefullywatching andguarding againstdeception ,artifices , and dangers;timorously orsuspiciously prudent ;circumspect ;scrupulous ;careful . - adjective Characterized by
caution ;guarded ;careful .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
- adjective openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She sat in the chair opposite from him, her expression wary.
Tempted by Your Touch JEN HOLLING 2002
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She sat in the chair opposite from him, her expression wary.
Tempted by Your Touch JEN HOLLING 2002
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She sat in the chair opposite from him, her expression wary.
Tempted by Your Touch JEN HOLLING 2002
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She sat in the chair opposite from him, her expression wary.
Tempted by Your Touch JEN HOLLING 2002
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He stopped and slowly turned, his expression wary.
Lake News Barbara Delinsky 1999
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He stopped and slowly turned, his expression wary.
Lake News Barbara Delinsky 1999
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Washington should remain wary of attempts by Correa's regional allies to inflame the situation.
Joel D. Hirst: Ecuador's Coup That Wasn't Joel D. Hirst 2010
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Washington should remain wary of attempts by Correa's regional allies to inflame the situation.
Joel D. Hirst: Ecuador's Coup That Wasn't Joel D. Hirst 2010
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Washington should remain wary of attempts by Correa's regional allies to inflame the situation.
Joel D. Hirst: Ecuador's Coup That Wasn't Joel D. Hirst 2010
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— And Celebrating A dispatch from Beijing: After the Peace Prize, China's democracy activists remain wary and watched.
Under Surveillance Zhang Zuhua 2010
agustinolvera commented on the word wary
"Charlies face was suddenly wary". Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer page10
October 4, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word wary
To lay eggs (north of England). Cf. warp.
To curse or execrate (Lancashire).
May 17, 2011