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English
Etymology
From the adjective ware + -y.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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
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cautious of danger; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous
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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
- 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 m (nizhár), זהיר m (zahír)
- Hindi: सावधान (hi) (sāvdhān)
- Hungarian: gyanakvó (hu), bizalmatlankodó, óvatos (hu)
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- Irish: airdeallach, braiteach, faichilleach
- Italian: diffidente (it) m, accorto (it), circospetto (it)
- Japanese: 用心深い (ja) (yōjin-bukai)
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- Khmer: ប្រុងប្រយត្ន័ (prong prɑyat)
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- Latvian: piesardzīgs m, piesardzīga f
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- Luxembourgish: virsiichteg
- Macedonian: претпазлив (pretpazliv)
- Malay: hati-hati (ms), waspada
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- Maori: 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)
- Swedish: försiktig (sv), varsam (sv)
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- Turkish: dikkat etmek (tr), sakınmak (tr)
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- Ukrainian: обере́жний (oberéžnyj) (careful)
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characterized by caution; guarded; careful
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈva.rɨ/
- Rhymes: -arɨ
- Syllabification: wa‧ry
Noun
wary m inan
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of war