All 4 Uses of
wary
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- I'd slide this awful story off my shoulders, flatten it, sketch out our crimes like a failed battle plan and shake it in the faces of my neighbors, who are wary of me already.†
Chpt 1 *wary = careful, nervous, or distrustful
- He was to be given his meals, the privilege of sleeping in our chicken house (where a handful of wary hens had crept back home, after hiding from Mother's killing spree for the picnic), and a basket of eggs to sell each week so he could start saving up for a wife.†
Chpt 2
- I was wary of this conversation but curious to know how well he'd learned the teachings of the Bible.†
Chpt 3
- With the help of friends I rearranged my small apartment to accommodate a grown-up baby, and warily crept each morning from a mattress to my coffee maker and hotplate on the kitchen floor.†
Chpt 5warily = in a nervous or distrustful manner
Definition:
careful or nervous about something