All 6 Uses of
wary
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- So he went to the beetle and began a wary attack on it again; jumping at it from every point of a circle, lighting with his fore-paws within an inch of the creature, making even closer snatches at it with his teeth, and jerking his head till his ears flapped again.†
Chpt 5wary = careful, nervous, or distrustful
- He presently halted under a great elm, blew an answering blast, and then began to tiptoe and look warily out, this way and that.†
Chpt 8 *warily = in a nervous or distrustful manner
- When Jeff arrived, Tom accosted him; and "led up" warily to opportunities for remark about Becky, but the giddy lad never could see the bait.†
Chpt 12
- Tom went to the door and began to softly lift the latch; then he pressed gently and the door yielded a crack; he continued pushing cautiously, and quaking every time it creaked, till he judged he might squeeze through on his knees; so he put his head through and began, warily.†
Chpt 15
- He sat down and took a long rest, torturing himself meanwhile to keep awake, and then started warily down the home-stretch.†
Chpt 15
- They presently emerged into the clump of sumach bushes, looked warily out, found the coast clear, and were soon lunching and smoking in the skiff.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
careful or nervous about something