wary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

   they were wary in their movements

2. 2
   adj

   Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent

   He is wary of dogs.

3. 3
   adj

   openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

4. 4
   adj

   Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard

5. 5
   adj

   thrifty, provident

6. 6
   verb

   To curse, revile.

Etymology

From Middle English warien, from Old English wierġan (“to curse, do evil”), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to condemn, curse”), from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal”). Doublet of warry.