Associations to the word «Wary»

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.

Dictionary definition

WARY, adjective. 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".
WARY, adjective. Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne