Definition of warier Warier
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What does warier mean?
Part of speech
🔤- warier, adjective, comparative of wary.
WordNet
Adjectivewary, warier, wariest |
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| wary - 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" | ||
| unwary not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell | ||
| on guard, on one's guard, on your guard, upon one's guard vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation" | ||
| wary - openly distrustful and unwilling to confide | ||
| leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting | ||
| distrustful having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson | ||
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Wiktionary 
- wary (Adjective)
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. - wary (Adjective)
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- wary (a.)
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. - wary (a.)
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
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Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
