Warily

Quick meaning: Warily is an adverb meaning In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.

Meaning

In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.

More Meanings

1. Without trust; in a manner showing a lack of trust.

Example Sentences

He listened to the salesman's pitch warily, sensing a potential scam.

She walked through the dark alley, warily glancing around to make sure she wasn't being followed.

The new king is viewed warily by Bangkok's elites, who have sometimes worried that he sympathises with populist politicians whom the army has twice kicked from power.

That her little Tarzan could destroy a great bull gorilla she knew to be improbable, and so, as she neared the spot from which the sounds of the struggle had come, she moved more warily and at last slowly and with extreme caution she traversed the lowest branches, peering eagerly into the moon- splashed blackness for a sign of the combatants.

Synonyms for warily

Depending on context, synonyms include cautiously, vigilantly, carefully, prudently, suspiciously, distrustfully.

Antonyms for warily

Common opposites include unwarily.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cautiously, gingerly, attentively, prudently, closely, carefully.

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