Sample Sentences for
wary
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    "What's the matter?" Stacey asked, his voice wary.  (source)
    wary = worried or nervous
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    He seemed placid to me on the platform, but something about that stillness makes me wary now.  (source)
    wary = nervous or distrustful
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    He was wary again, on guard, distrustful.  (source)
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    The parents waited, wary of us; then at last they dropped into the garden.  (source)
    wary = careful or distrustful
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    She approached, unarmed, but Eve watched warily.  (source)
    warily = in a careful or untrusting manner
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    I remember Rose turned and looked at me across the yard, and I remember a momentary inner clang, an instinctive certainty that wariness was called for, but then Caroline looked up and smiled, waved me over.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    The hands of women also weaken the unwary.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unwary means not and reverses the meaning of wary. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    Before him is a dead sea that stretches in azure calm before the eye; but he who unwarily ventures within its embrace finds himself struggling with a monster that would drag him down to perdition.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unwarily means not and reverses the meaning of warily. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He didn't ask percent what, but his eyes took on an even more warier look.†  (source)
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    He had a due value for the Vincys' house, but the wariest men are apt to be dulled by routine, and on worried mornings will sometimes go through their business with the zest of the daily bell-ringer.†  (source)
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    Tribesmen were also wary of consulting them, because it would be impossible to be effective in battle if one knew that he was fated to die.  (source)
    wary = worried or nervous
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    When he saw them he veered to the side of the road and turned and stood warily.  (source)
    warily = in a careful or distrustful manner
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    I don't know if her desire finally won out, or if I'd managed to exhaust even her wariness, but by the time she appeared, peeking out from around her dressing room's door, I was so relieved I almost cried.†  (source)
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