Thesaurus: wary

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1. a. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
2. a. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
3. adj. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
4. adj. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
5. 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. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. Milton. 2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. It behoveth our words to be wary and few. Hooker. Syn. -- Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See Cautious.
6. j:100 a. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence