All 11 Uses of
wary
in
The Two Towers
- I spoke warily before my men.†
Chpt 3.2 *warily = in a nervous or distrustful manner
- A queer look came into the old eyes, a kind of wariness; the deep wells were covered over.†
Chpt 3.4wariness = caution or distrust
- 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.†
Chpt 3.6warily = in a nervous or distrustful manner
- He was crafty: dulling men's wariness, or working on their fears, as served the occasion.†
Chpt 3.6wariness = caution or distrust
- 'Walk warily!' said Merry.†
Chpt 3.10warily = in a nervous or distrustful manner
- 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.†
Chpt 3.10unwarily = in a confident or trustful mannerstandard 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.
- But you must be wary.†
Chpt 3.10wary = careful, nervous, or distrustful
- Be wary!†
Chpt 3.11
- 'When have I been hasty or unwary, who have waited and prepared for so many long years?' said Aragorn.†
Chpt 3.11unwary = not careful about possible danger or deceptionstandard 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.
- 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.†
Chpt 4.7warily = in a nervous or distrustful manner
- Poor food and wary.†
Chpt 4.9wary = careful, nervous, or distrustful
Definition:
careful or nervous about something