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wariness

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war·y  (wâr)
adj. war·i·er, war·i·est
1. On guard; watchful: taught to be wary of strangers.
2. Characterized by caution: a wary glance at the black clouds.

[Middle English ware, from Old English wær; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots.]

wari·ly adv.
wari·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.warinesswariness - the trait of being cautious and watchful
circumspection, caution - the trait of being circumspect and prudent
unwariness - the trait of not being cautious and watchful

wariness
noun
2. suspicion, scepticism, distrust, mistrust the country's obsessive wariness of foreigners
Quotations
"Call no man foe, but never love a stranger" [Stella Benson This is the End]
Translations
wariness [ˈwɛərɪnɪs] Ncautela f, recelo m
wariness
nVorsicht f; (= mistrust)Misstrauen nt, → Argwohn m; the wariness of his replydie Zurückhaltung, mit der er antwortete; she had a great wariness of strangerssie hegte starkes Misstrauen or großen Argwohn gegen Fremde
wariness [ˈwɛərɪnɪs] ncautela, prudenza
wariness [ˈwɛərɪnɪs] ncautela, prudenza


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His letter closed with an injunction of wariness in his intercourse with the natives, a subject on which Mr.
Again and again he was repulsed, often with severe wounds to caution him to greater wariness.
Van der School was a well-educated man, but of slow comprehension, who had imbibed a wariness in his speeches and actions, from having suffered by his collisions with his more mercurial and apt brethren who had laid the foundations of their practice in the Eastern courts, and who had sucked in shrewdness with their mother’s milk.
 
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