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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence;
- Example: "they were wary in their movements"
- Example: "a wary glance at the black clouds"
- Example: "taught to be wary of strangers"

2. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide;
[syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wary \Wa"ry\, a. [Compar. Warier; superl. Wariest.] [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r; akin to Icel. v?rr, Dan. & Sw. var, Goth. wars, G. gewahr aware, OHG. wara notice, attention, Gr. ? to see. Cf. Aware, Garment, Garnish, Garrison, Panorama, Ward, v. t. Ware, a., Warren.] [1913 Webster] 1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. "Bear a wary eye." --Shak. [1913 Webster] We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. [1913 Webster] It behoveth our words to be wary and few. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] Syn: Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See Cautious. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. Worry.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also warrie, warry, and wary.] "Whom I thus blame and warye." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wary adj 1: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: unwary] 2: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary]