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Definition
nervous about (or distrustful of) someone or something
- I spoke warily before my men.3.2 — Book 3 Chapter 2 — The Riders of Rohan (68% in)
- A queer look came into the old eyes, a kind of wariness; the deep wells were covered over.3.4 — Book 3 Chapter 4 — Treebeard (12% in)
- But we must ride more warily; for war is abroad, and the Rohirrim, the Horse-lords, do not sleep, even if it seem so from afar.3.6 — Book 3 Chapter 6 — The King of the Golden Hall (6% in)
- He was crafty: dulling men's wariness, or working on their fears, as served the occasion.3.6 — Book 3 Chapter 6 — The King of the Golden Hall (81% in)
- 'Walk warily!' said Merry.3.10 — Book 3 Chapter 10 — The Voice of Saruman (3% in)
- Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard; and if they did, they wondered, for little power remained in them.3.10 — Book 3 Chapter 10 — The Voice of Saruman (19% in)
- But you must be wary.3.10 — Book 3 Chapter 10 — The Voice of Saruman (97% in)
- Be wary!3.11 — Book 3 Chapter 11 — The Palantir (53% in)
- 'When have I been hasty or unwary, who have waited and prepared for so many long years?' said Aragorn.3.11 — Book 3 Chapter 11 — The Palantir (53% in)
- Very stealthily Gollum led them down the hillside, keeping under cover wherever it was possible, and running, almost bent to the ground, across any open space; but the light was now so dim that even a keen-eyed beast of the wild could scarcely have seen the hobbits, hooded, in their grey cloaks, nor heard them, walking as warily as the little people can.4.7 — Book 4 Chapter 7 — Journey to the Cross-roads (83% in)
- Poor food and wary.4.9 — Book 4 Chapter 9 — Shelob's Lair (70% in)
There are no more uses of "wary" in The Two Towers.
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