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wary
(encz) | wary,opatrný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wary
(encz) | wary,ostražitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wary
(encz) | wary,šetrný adj: Rostislav Svoboda |
Wary
(gcide) | 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.]
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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.
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We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we
raise against the living labors of public men.
--Milton.
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2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
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It behoveth our words to be wary and few. --Hooker.
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Syn: Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See Cautious.
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wary
(gcide) | 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.
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wary
(wn) | 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 [syn: leery,
mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary] |
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cassowary
(encz) | cassowary,kasuár n: [zool.] druh ptáka Stanislav Horáček |
unwary
(encz) | unwary,neopatrný adj: Zdeněk Brožunwary,nerozvážný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Cassowary
(gcide) | Cassowary \Cas"so*wa*ry\, n.; pl. Cassowaries. [Malay
kasu[=a]ri.] (Zool.)
A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east
Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head
is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting
of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long
sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs.
It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species
inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.
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Overwary
(gcide) | Overwary \O"ver*wa"ry\, a.
Too wary; too cautious.
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Unwary
(gcide) | Unwary \Un*wa"ry\, a. [Cf. Unware.]
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1. Not vigilant against danger; not wary or cautious;
unguarded; precipitate; heedless; careless.
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2. Unexpected; unforeseen; unware. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Wary
(gcide) | 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.
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We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we
raise against the living labors of public men.
--Milton.
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2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
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It behoveth our words to be wary and few. --Hooker.
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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.
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Warye
(gcide) | 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.
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cassowary
(wn) | cassowary
n 1: large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea
having a horny head crest |
unwary
(wn) | unwary
adj 1: 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 [ant: wary] |
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