释义
[ wair -ee ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈwɛər i / PHONETIC RESPELLING
SEE SYNONYMS FOR wary ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, war·i·er, war·i·est. watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
arising from or characterized by caution: to give someone a wary look.
Origin of wary First recorded in 1545–55; ware2 + -y1
SYNONYMS FOR wary 1 alert, vigilant, guarded, circumspect, prudent.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR wary ON THESAURUS.COM
synonym study for wary 1 . See careful.
OTHER WORDS FROM wary war·i·ly, adverb war·i·ness, noun o·ver·war·y, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wary wary , wearyWords nearby wary warty dyskeratoma, war-weary, war whoop, Warwick, Warwickshire, wary , war zone, was, wasabi, Wasatch Range, wash
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for wary But after a troubled history with alcohol, some tribes are wary .
Tribes to U.S. Government: Take Your Weed and Shove It | Abby Haglage| December 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Moran does so with fearless honesty and bravura, but admits she was wary about oversharing when she wrote How to Be a Woman.
Join Caitlin Moran’s Riotous Feminist Revolution | Lizzie Crocker| September 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
When members of the International Commission arrived to help, the community was wary .
1976 Vs. Today: Ebola’s Terrifying Evolution | Abby Haglage| September 10, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Consumers have been schooled to be wary of companies that offer them valuable products for free along with substantial rebates.
Panel Discussion | The Daily Beast| September 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Clients who are wary of online transactions are liable to see escorts with print ads as less likely to cheat or scam them.
The Importance of Adult Classifieds | Hazlitt| September 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Instead of a sensible and wary man, we call him a disguised and subtle fellow.
The Works of Horace | Horace
Wary stepping, too, it will require to enable us to succeed in realizing either of these objects.
A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' | Robert Carmichael-Smyth
Her morality, training, code of life and all sat up like a wary censor and surveyed the scene.
Therefor we must be wary of the old men who tell us that we shall soon tire of the music of Puccini because it is fashionable.
The Merry-Go-Round | Carl Van Vechten
He turned a hard, wary eye on them, just like all the other Kakisas.
The Woman from Outside | Hulbert Footner
SEE MORE EXAMPLES SEE FEWER EXAMPLES
British Dictionary definitions for wary adjective warier or wariest watchful, cautious, or alert
characterized by caution or watchfulness
Derived forms of wary warily , adverb wariness , noun Word Origin for wary C16: from ware ² + -y 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Content related to wary Wary vs. Weary: How To Tell Them ApartDon't exhaust yourself trying to tell the difference between "weary" and "wary." We've spelled out exactly how to use each one for you.
Words related to wary distrustful, watchful, attentive, considerate, suspicious, frugal, circumspect, vigilant, prudent, leery, alert, cagey, calculating, canny, chary, discreet, doubting, gingerly, guarded, heedful