All 4 Uses
wary
in
Never Let Me Go
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- I suppose it was because even at that age—we were nine or ten—we knew just enough to make us wary of that whole territory.†
p. 69.4 *wary = careful, nervous, or distrustful
- So that was the background to Chrissie and Rodney's claim to have seen Ruth's "possible," and you can maybe see now why I was wary about it.†
p. 145.8
- But the thing was, after she'd taken it in and seen it was me, there was a clear second, maybe more, when she went on looking at me if not with fear, then with a real wariness.†
p. 215.4wariness = caution or distrust
- There was no anger in her eyes, just a kind of wariness.†
p. 229.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(wary) careful or nervous about something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)