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Definition
nervous about (or distrustful of) someone or something
- But I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.Forward (68% in)
- Warily Bilbo followed him, as he went along, cursing, and talking to himself about his 'precious'; from which talk at last even Bilbo guessed the truth, and hope came to him in the darkness: he himself had found the marvellous ring and a chance of escape from the orcs and from Gollum.Prologue (78% in)
- Be bold, but wary!1.8 -- Book 1 Chapter 8 -- Fog on the Barrow-Downs (95% in)
- 'I have quick ears,' he went on, lowering his voice, 'and though I cannot disappear, I have hunted many wild and wary things and I can usually avoid being seen, if I wish.1.10 -- Book 1 Chapter 10 -- Strider (7% in)
- If that is so, we must be wary.1.11 -- Book 1 Chapter 11 -- A Knife in the Dark (59% in)
- But let us go on down warily, and we shall see.1.12 -- Book 1 Chapter 12 -- Flight to the Ford (49% in)
- But be wary, and handle it as little as you may!1.12 -- Book 1 Chapter 12 -- Flight to the Ford (76% in)
- If I had, I should never have gone to Isengard, or I should have gone more warily.2.2 -- Book 2 Chapter 2 -- The Council of Elrond (69% in)
- It seemed to be wary, and to have some skill in trees, or I might have thought that it was one of you hobbits.2.6 -- Book 2 Chapter 6 -- Lothlorien (63% in)
- If he was still following, he was very wary and cunning.2.9 -- Book 2 Chapter 9 -- The Great River (32% in)
- We must go warily tomorrow.2.10 -- Book 2 Chapter 10 -- The Breaking of the Fellowship (5% in)
There are no more uses of "wary" in The Fellowship of the Ring.
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