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wary 音標拼音: [w'ɛri] a. 小心的,當心的,留心的,謹慎的 小心的,當心的,留心的,謹慎的 wary adj 1: 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}] 2: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [synonym: {leery}, {mistrustful}, {suspicious}, {untrusting}, {wary}] 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}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. [1913 Webster] It behoveth our words to be wary and few. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] Syn: Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See {Cautious}. [1913 Webster] Warye \War"ye\, v. t. [AS. wergian, wyrgean. Cf. {Worry}.] To curse; to curse; to execrate; to condemn; also, to vex. [Obs.] [Spelled also {warrie}, {warry}, and {wary}.] "Whom I thus blame and warye." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 118 Moby Thesaurus words for "wary":
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