What does wary mean?

Definitions for wary
ˈwɛər iwa·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. waryadjective

    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. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, waryadjective

    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Wiktionary

  1. waryadjective

    Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.

    He is wary of dogs.

  2. waryadjective

    Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

  3. Etymology: From the adjective.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Waryadjective

    Cautious; scrupulous; timorously prudent.

    Etymology: wœr , Saxon.

    He is above, and we upon earth; and therefore it behoveth our words to be wary and few. Richard Hooker.

    Leontius, their bishop, although an enemy to the better part, yet wary and subtle, as all the heads of the Arrians faction were, could at no time be plainly heard to use either form. Richard Hooker.

    Good cause he had to hasten thence away;
    For on a day his wary dwarf had spy’d,
    Where in a dungeon deep huge numbers lay,
    Of captive wretched thrals that wailed night and day. F. Q.

    Each thing feigned ought more wary be. Hubb. Tale.

    Each warns a warier carriage in the thing,
    Lest blind presumption work their ruining. Daniel.

    Others grow wary in their praises of one, who sets too great a value on them, lest they should raise him too high in his own imagination. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

Wikipedia

  1. WARY

    WARY (88.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a variety format. Licensed to Valhalla, New York, United States, the station is currently owned by Westchester Community College (WCC). The station is officially licensed from the Federal Communications Commission. WARY broadcasts from in the basement of WCC's student center. The station is mainly run by the students of WCC with an all student E-Board with a school faculty member as the station manager. Each year, the station tries to have their very own concert during the month of May which is often referred to "WARY-Fest" or the "WARY-Showcase". Programming includes talk radio, rock music, hip-hop, disk jockey, indie music, and a variety of other formats. Former students from WARY went on to work for employers such as WXRK, Goom Radio, The Opie and Anthony Show, Sirius Satellite Radio, WWE, and The Howard Stern Show.

ChatGPT

  1. wary

    Wary is an adjective used to describe a state of alertness or caution due to potential risks, danger or deception. It refers to a cautious distrust or suspicion, urging one to proceed with caution and to avoid potential threats or negative outcomes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Waryadjective

    cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful

  2. Waryadjective

    characterized by caution; guarded; careful

Wikidata

  1. WARY

    WARY is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Valhalla, New York, USA, the station is currently owned by Westchester Community College. The station is officially licensed from the Federal Communications Commission. WARY broadcasts from in the basement of WCC's student center. The station is mainly run by the students of WCC with an all student E-Board with a school faculty member as the station manager. Each year, the station tries to have their very own concert during the month of May which is often referred to "WARY-Fest" or the "WARY-Showcase". The station includes shows based around talk radio, rock music, hip-hop, disk jockey, indie music, and a wider variety of other formats. Former students from WARY went on to work for employers such as WXRK, Goom Radio, The Opie and Anthony Show, Sirius Satellite Radio, and The Howard Stern Show.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Wary

    wā′ri, adj. warding or guarding against deception, &c.: cautious.—adj. Ware′ful, careful.—n. Ware′fulness.—adv. Wā′rily.—n. Wā′riness. [Longer form of ware (2). See Aware.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. WARY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wary is ranked #102197 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Wary surname appeared 176 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Wary.

    92.6% or 163 total occurrences were White.
    4.5% or 8 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wary in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of wary in a Sentence

  1. Damir Novotny:

    Politicians are still spreading the illusion that public- sector reform can continue to be postponed, but Croatia does not have much time, maybe a year or two at most, to display determination to move from mostly state-dominated to the private-sector based economy. Otherwise, creditors will become wary and borrowing may turn expensive.

  2. Spun Gold:

    Kate Middleton has worked this act, [Her husband] Prince William is the star and she is the supporting star. Prince Philip has brilliantly walked two paces behind the queen. The queen mother knew you supported the king. Meghan, even though she is a famous actress, [her fiance] is Prince Henry of Wales. She will be Princess Henry of Wales. She’s the support. That’s one of the things people in this documentary have warned. Be wary of becoming the star.

  3. Wendy Walsh:

    From an evolutionary standpoint, it makes sense that women are wary of being touched by strangers, women have evolved mechanisms to be choosy about whom they mate with and to fear rape by a stranger. However, touch by friends is both relational -- women tend to befriend as a buffer against stress -- and pleasurable. Touch gives a nice boost of dopamine, the 'feel-good' hormone.

  4. Anna Kireeva:

    Large Chinese businesses are wary about secondary sanctions and are cautious about dealing with the Russian entities under sanctions or with the Russian market in general.

  5. Tim Doyle:

    There's a decent amount of curiosity from my various brothers, i always was sort of the black sheep of the family. They're interested. They're wary. I'm waiting to see how they react. Hopefully not with lawsuits.

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