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Wary   /wˈɛri/   Listen
adjective
Wary  adj.  (compar. warier; superl. wariest)  
1.
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. "Bear a wary eye." "We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men."
2.
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. "It behoveth our words to be wary and few."
Synonyms: Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See Cautious.





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"Wary" Quotes from Famous Books



... and moil over the narrow limits of that sea-girt rock—yet victory leaned to neither side. Now the furious blows rained incessant on the sounding shields; anon the din of strife ceased, while the combatants moved round each other, shifting their position with elastic step, as, with wary motion and eagle glances, each sought to catch the other off his guard, and the clash of steel, as the weapons met in sudden onset, was mingled with the shout of anger or defiance. The sun glanced on whirling ...
— Erling the Bold • R.M. Ballantyne
... Barlow rose and, the wary eyes of the Chief on every move, stepped over to the table and pointed to a signature upon ...
— Caste • W. A. Fraser
... prudens etiam addidit, [Greek: hosper legetai], is not to be allowed. Nor can I assent to Sir Thomas Brown's[C] remark upon this place; Where indeed (saith he) Aristotle plays the Aristotle; that is, the wary and evading asserter; for tho' with non est fabula he seems at first to confirm it, yet at last he claps in, sicut aiunt, and shakes the belief he placed before upon it. And therefore Scaliger (saith he) hath not translated ...
— A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients • Edward Tyson
... said the husband, pr'ythee, peace! 'Tis time this idle talk should cease: Consider what we have at stake! I fain some friend's advice would take: At least we must be wise and wary, As we were counsell'd by the fairy. So hasten, dame, and fill the beaker, And we'll discuss it ...
— Think Before You Speak - The Three Wishes • Catherine Dorset
... much at that time to reassure Maria. She had inherited something of the optimism of her father. She carried her pink dress into the kitchen, with wary eyes upon the windows, and hung it up as her mother had directed. On her return she paused a moment at the foot of the stairs in the hall, between the dining-room and sitting-room. Then, obeying an impulse, she ran into the sitting-room and threw her soft little ...
— By the Light of the Soul - A Novel • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman


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