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  1. 1. a. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide Source: wordnet
  5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 a. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence Source: ecdict

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