Crossword clues for warier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wary \Wa"ry\, a. [Compar. Warier; superl. Wariest.] [OE. war, AS. w[ae]r; akin to Icel. v?rr, Dan. & Sw. var, Goth. wars, G. gewahr aware, OHG. wara notice, attention, Gr. ? to see. Cf. Aware, Garment, Garnish, Garrison, Panorama, Ward, v. t. Ware, a., Warren.]
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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.
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Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
It behoveth our words to be wary and few.
--Hooker.Syn: Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See Cautious.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparativewary)
WordNet
adj. marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: unwary]
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting]
See wary
Usage examples of "warier".
She was even enraged with McManis, who was doing what bosses do in bad situations, sending her in two different directions at once, asking her to be warier at the same time she was supposed to lead the guy along.
He clasped the child to his bosom, and rising forthwith set out, but with warier steps than heretofore, over the rocks for the Seaton.
In fact, after the rumors surfaced that Jack might have been a medical doctor, they could have been even warier of a well-dressed and decidedly out-of-place customer.
The Oaths just made people warier about it, wondering whether and how they were being manipulated.
He was moving with the utmost caution now, and he grew warier the closer he approached a certain broad street lined with sycamore figs, and an estate of noble proportions which fronted on it.