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 Definitions of wary  [ˈwɛər i]  

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Definition of 'wary' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) wary
watchful; being on one's guard against danger.

2.  wary
arising from caution:
a wary look.

Etymology:  (1545–55; ware2+-y1)

Definition of 'wary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) wary
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"

2. (adj) leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide


Definition of 'wary' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) wary
not trusting easily
I'm wary of drugs that have not been tested.; The child looked at her warily.


Definition of 'wary' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) wary
cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful

2. (adj) wary
characterized by caution; guarded; careful


Translation of 'wary' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: cautious or on one's guard (about or concerning)
Be wary of lending money to him.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: versigtig, op jou hoede Arabic flag Arabic: حَذِر، مُحْتَرِس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: внимателен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cauteloso Czech flag Czech: ostražitý German flag German: vorsichtig
Danish flag Danish: forsigtig Greek flag Greek: επιφυλακτικός Spanish flag Spanish: cauteloso, cauto, prudent
Estonian flag Estonian: ettevaatlik Farsi flag Farsi: مواظب Finnish flag Finnish: varovainen
French flag French: prudent; méfiant Hebrew flag Hebrew: זָהִיר Hindi flag Hindi: होशियार
Croatian flag Croatian: oprezan, pozoran Hungarian flag Hungarian: óvatos Indonesian flag Indonesian: hati-hati
Icelandic flag Icelandic: varkár Italian flag Italian: accorto, cauto; diffident Japanese flag Japanese: 用心深い
Korean flag Korean: 경계하고 있는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atsargus Latvian flag Latvian: piesardzīgs
Malay flag Malay: berhati-hati Dutch flag Dutch: omzichtig Norwegian flag Norwegian: forsiktig, var(som), sky
Polish flag Polish: czujny, ostrożny Portuguese flag Portuguese: cauteloso Romanian flag Romanian: prudent; circumspect
Russian flag Russian: осторожный Slovak flag Slovak: ostražitý, opatrný Slovenian flag Slovenian: oprezen
Serbian flag Serbian: oprezan Swedish flag Swedish: varsam, försiktig Thai flag Thai: ระมัดระวัง; ระวังตัว; เฝ้
Turkish flag Turkish: dikkatli Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 小心翼翼的,提防的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: обережний
Urdu flag Urdu: ہوشیار Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cảnh giác Chinese flag Chinese: 小心翼翼的,谨慎的

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