All 6 Uses
wary
in
The Broken Gun
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- Having lived alone under such odd circumstances as I had, I was friendly but wary.†
wary = careful, nervous, or distrustful
- I know the wariness did not show, for I have frequently been called too trusting by people who knew me only slightly.†
*wariness = caution or distrust
- Somehow or other I had to get away from them, and I must ride warily while thinking about it.†
warily = in a nervous or distrustful manner
- Warily, I moved along, seeing no tracks of horse or man.†
- I moved warily.†
- I had always been a little wary of him in the old days, for as close as we had been, I knew him for a dangerous man with volatile, uncertain moods.†
wary = careful, nervous, or distrustful
Definitions:
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(1)
(wary) careful or nervous about something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)