Crossword clues for wariest
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-superlativewary)
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 "wariest".
Jean knew from many a futile hunt that wolves were the wariest and most intelligent of wild animals in the quest.
These two denizens of the woods could be depended upon to espy the wariest hunter and make known his presence to their kind.
She turned over in her mind ways of calling the guards and overpowering them, but that fantasy was also absurd, especially with them at their wariest, and Tizbe's escorts to back them up.
A merciless and terrible process of natural selection, in which the agents were rifle-bearing hunters, has left as the last survivors in a hopeless struggle for existence only the wariest of the bison and those gifted with the sharpest senses.