wary
cautious and watchful because of possible danger or deception
Word origin: From Old English waer, watchful.
Wary in a sentence
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Investors grew wary after the firm's earnings were repeatedly revised.
Burned by an earlier collaboration, the lab grew wary of sharing unpublished data with outside groups.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “wary” well
Wary means cautious and watchful because of possible danger or deception, often taking the preposition of. It is the opposite of trusting or heedless.
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