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[ wair-ee-nis ] / ˈwɛər i nɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wariness ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state or quality of being wary. Origin of warinessFirst recorded in 1545–55; wary + -ness OTHER WORDS FROM warinesso·ver·war·i·ness, nounWords nearby warinesswarhead, Warhol, Warhol, Andy, war-horse, warily, wariness, War is hell, warison, wark, Warks, warless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for warinessOur wariness of difference and diversity all too often leads us into “not like me” thinking. Ferguson, Immigration, and ‘Us Vs. Them’|Gene Robinson|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Many of our leaders and pundits complain about the weariness and wariness of war, but the nature of conflict has changed. The Essential Spy Guide|Henry A. Crumpton|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST There is an indifference and in fact a wariness among Turkish public opinion. Turkey Fires Across Border After Syrian Shelling Kills Five Turkish Civilians|Mike Giglio|October 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST Now he sees an emerging partnership—but also a sense of wariness. Twitter Takes the Newsroom|Howard Kurtz|November 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Given how destructive cocaine, crack, heroin, and other narcotics are, wariness of legalization is understandable. Legalize Drugs Now|Conor Friedersdorf|October 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST If he were not going to build on the ground so carefully prepared, to what end this wariness and this abstention? The Long Night|Stanley Weyman The stress of the last few minutes could not be suffered to beget any abatement of wariness. The Man Who Was Good|Leonard Merrick He had taken on the look of wariness, masked by a surface smile, that his face had worn the night of the shooting. Steve Yeager|William MacLeod Raine Had he been an older man, and one more full of wariness, no doubt he would have fired then and there and ended the matter. With the Dyaks of Borneo|F. S. Brereton With the wariness was something like question, and almost disbelief.
Words related to warinessvigilance, alertness, deliberation, attention, prudence, carefulness, heedfulness, discretion, heed, watchfulness, care, guardedness |