单词 | wariness |
释义 | warinessn. The quality of being wary; cautiousness, circumspection. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] wareness971 warelinessc1000 warningc1000 beseeing1340 cautel1531 warefulness1548 wariness1552 chariness1571 circumspectness1581 circumspection1598 warisomeness1607 guard1609 cautionateness1619 cautelousnessa1624 cautiona1639 cautiousness1649 guardedness1807 cacannyness1917 pussy-footedness1917 pussyfooting1956 leeriness1961 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Warines, solertia, uigilantia. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. M.ii The discretion and warinesse that count Lewis shewed vs yesterday. 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 258 And having agen made the former Experiment with more wariness then before, we had the like success in our Distillation. 1774 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1778) vi. 221 He that is forming himself, must look with great caution and wariness on those peculiarities or prominent parts, which at first force themselves upon view. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 362/2 Prizing their simplicity beyond the..somewhat unfeminine wariness of their competitors, I felt a kindliness..for those five thoughtless virgins. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. 50 Our domestic dogs are descended from wolves..and though they may not have gained in cunning, and may have lost in waryness and suspicion, yet [etc.]. 1893 R. Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 106 They are marvellously shy and wary, this wariness being fully confirmed by Messrs. Danford and Buxton. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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