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1. (adj.) wary
watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
2. wary
arising from caution:
a wary look.
Etymology: (1545–55; ware2+-y1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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1. (adjective) wary
not trusting easily
I'm wary of drugs that have not been tested.; The child looked at her warily.
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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
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Sense: cautious or on one's guard (about or concerning)
Be wary of lending money to him.
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 Afrikaans: versigtig, op jou hoede |
 Arabic: حَذِر، مُحْتَرِس |
 Bulgarian: внимателен |
 Brazilian: cauteloso |
 Czech: ostražitý |
 German: vorsichtig |
 Danish: forsigtig |
 Greek: επιφυλακτικός |
 Spanish: cauteloso, cauto, prudent |
 Estonian: ettevaatlik |
 Farsi: مواظب |
 Finnish: varovainen |
 French: prudent; méfiant |
 Hebrew: זָהִיר |
 Hindi: होशियार |
 Croatian: oprezan, pozoran |
 Hungarian: óvatos |
 Indonesian: hati-hati |
 Icelandic: varkár |
 Italian: accorto, cauto; diffident |
 Japanese: 用心深い |
 Korean: 경계하고 있는 |
 Lithuanian: atsargus |
 Latvian: piesardzīgs |
 Malay: berhati-hati |
 Dutch: omzichtig |
 Norwegian: forsiktig, var(som), sky |
 Polish: czujny, ostrożny |
 Portuguese: cauteloso |
 Romanian: prudent; circumspect |
 Russian: осторожный |
 Slovak: ostražitý, opatrný |
 Slovenian: oprezen |
 Serbian: oprezan |
 Swedish: varsam, försiktig |
 Thai: ระมัดระวัง; ระวังตัว; เฝ้ |
 Turkish: dikkatli |
 Taiwanese: 小心翼翼的，提防的 |
 Ukrainian: обережний |
 Urdu: ہوشیار |
 Vietnamese: cảnh giác |
 Chinese: 小心翼翼的，谨慎的 |
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