guardednessn.
/ˈɡɑːdᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrdədnəs/ The quality of being guarded (in speech, behaviour, etc.); cautiousness.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun]
wareness971
warelinessc1000
warningc1000
beseeing1340
cautel1531
warefulness1548
wariness1552
chariness1571
circumspectness1581
circumspection1598
warisomeness1607
guard1609
cautionateness1619
cautelousnessa1624
cautiona1639
cautiousness1649
guardedness1807
cacannyness1917
pussy-footedness1917
pussyfooting1956
leeriness1961
1807 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 24 331 Lessing..tries what his rules permit.. with a guardedness which would not be expected from his tolerance.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby li. 512 How he had baffled the said Ralph by extreme guardedness of manner and ingenuity of speech.
1895 F. Hall Two Trifles 8 What..have all my painstaking guardedness and scrupulous exactness..stood me in stead?
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