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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɛə.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛɚ.i/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈweːɹi/
- (New Zealand, without the cheer_–_chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈweəɹi/
- (New Zealand, cheer_–_chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈwiəɹi/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈweɹɪ/, /ˈweɹe/
- (Lancashire, fair_–_fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɜːɹɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
- Homophones: weary (cheer_–_chair merger), whirry (fair_–_fur merger)
From the adjective ware + -y.
wary (comparative warier, superlative wariest)
- Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
Synonyms: circumspect, scrupulous, careful
He is wary of dogs. - Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard
- thrifty, provident
cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
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- Amharic: ጠንቃቃ (ṭänḳaḳa)
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- Armenian: զգույշ (hy) (zguyš)
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- Asturian: prudente
- Aymara: amulli
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- Belarusian: асцяро́жны (ascjaróžny) (careful)
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- Breton: diskredig, evezieg
- Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen), предпазлив (bg) (predpazliv)
- Catalan: cautelós
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Mandarin: 小心翼翼 (zh) (xiǎoxīn yìyì), 謹慎 / 谨慎 (zh) (jǐnshèn) - Danish: varsom (da), forsigtig, på vagt
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- Dutch: behoedzaam (nl)
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- Estonian: ettevaatlik
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- Finnish: pelätä (fi) (verb: to be wary)
- French: méfiant (fr)
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- Galician: cauteloso, precavido (gl)
- Georgian: წინდახედული (c̣indaxeduli), ფრთხილი (prtxili)
- German: achtsam (de), umsichtig (de), vorsichtig (de), wachsam (de)
- Greek: επιφυλακτικός (el) (epifylaktikós)
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- Hawaiian: ʻeʻena, ʻāhē
- Hebrew: נזהר (niz'hár), זהיר (zahír)
- Hindi: सावधान (hi) (sāvdhān), सतर्क (hi) (satark)
- Hungarian: gyanakvó (hu), bizalmatlankodó, óvatos (hu)
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- Irish: airdeallach, braiteach, faichilleach
- Italian: diffidente (it), accorto (it), circospetto (it)
- Japanese: 用心深い (ja) (yōjin-bukai)
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- Khmer: ប្រុងប្រយត្ន័ (prong prɑyat)
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- Latin: cautus (la)
- Latvian: piesardzīgs
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- Luxembourgish: virsiichteg
- Macedonian: претпазлив (pretpazliv)
- Malay: hati-hati (ms), waspada
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- Māori: matakana, owhiti, korita, paoke
- Marathi: सावध (sāvadh)
- Mirandese: couteloso
- Occitan: cautelós (oc)
- Polish: czujny (pl), przezorny (pl), ostrożny (pl)
- Portuguese: cauteloso (pt), cuidadoso (pt), de pé atrás
- Russian: насторо́женный (ru) (nastoróžennyj), осторо́жный (ru) (ostoróžnyj) (careful), подозри́тельный (ru) (podozrítelʹnyj) (dustrustful,suspicious)
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- Slovak: dávať si pozor, mať sa na pozore
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- Spanish: cauteloso (es), precavido (es), desconfiado (es), receloso (es), sospechoso (es), sospechante, suspicaz (es)
- Swedish: försiktig (sv), varsam (sv)
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- Thai: ระวัง (th) (rá-wang), ระมัดระวัง (th) (rá-mát-rá-wang), ระแวง (th) (rá-wɛɛng)
- Turkish: dikkat etmek (tr), sakınmak (tr)
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- Ukrainian: обере́жний (oberéžnyj) (careful)
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characterized by caution; guarded; careful
- Bulgarian: внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen), бдителен (bg) (bditelen)
- Finnish: varovainen (fi)
- German: vorsichtig (de)
- Hindi: सावधान (hi) (sāvdhān), सतर्क (hi) (satark)
- Hungarian: óvatos (hu), elővigyázatos (hu), körültekintő (hu)
- Italian: cauto (it), vigile (it), accorto (it), circospetto (it), guardingo (it), cauteloso
- Māori: korita
- Portuguese: cauteloso (pt), cuidadoso (pt)
- Russian: осторо́жный (ru) (ostoróžnyj)
- Spanish: cauteloso (es)
- Thai: ขี้ระแวง
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.
wary (third-person singular simple present waries, present participle warying, simple past and past participle waried)
- wargus
- weary
- “wary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Wray, awry
- IPA(key): /ˈva.rɘ/
- Rhymes: -arɘ
- Syllabification: wa‧ry
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