Dictionary Entry
wary
wary is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
- 2adjective
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
- 3adjective
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
"they were wary in their movements"
"a wary glance at the black clouds"
- 4adjective
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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