Both Uses
wary
in
Interview with the Vampire
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- It was just some mortal walking in this same alley, walking unwarily towards death.†
Part 3unwarily = 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.
- She scooped Claudia into her arms, and Claudia rode round in circles with her, her own small face alert and wary behind her smile.†
Part 3 *wary = careful, nervous, or distrustful
Definitions:
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(1)
(wary) careful or nervous about something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)