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Definition of warily in English: warilyadverb ˈwɛːrɪliˈwɛrəli 1Cautiously; carefully. they walk warily down the street, terrified of being caught Example sentencesExamples - Dunfermline had more reason than most to approach the match warily.
- Marines stepped warily around the bodies, looking for their own comrades.
- Color plays a pivotal role in a website's impact, thus, it must be considered warily.
- I warily approach her, softly calling her name.
- Upon warily entering a cafe you're immediately barked at for your order.
- If you do go down this route then please tread warily.
- Even the most instinctively bellicose warily warn of making matters worse.
- Both Harriet and William strike the reader as somewhat eccentric, the sort of neighbors or colleagues one tolerates but befriends only warily.
- Warily, he reached out and turned the knob, easing the door open.
- Gabriel made his way warily down the row of curtained cubicles.
- Oxford is watching warily for a mumps outbreak as universities across the country see case after case.
- Adjustment comes in stages, each step taken warily.
- Offered his old job back by former boss Hunter, in return for taking on a case, he warily accepts.
- You had to approach these people warily.
- They freeze, lapse into a wide-eyed silence, then warily continue their conversation.
- When the questioner is employed by the state broadcaster of one of the occupying powers, the respondents might be expected to answer warily.
- Nobuyuki Yamaguchi concedes that conservationists need to tread warily in the U.K., a nation of pet lovers.
- But while the desire to escape the British climate may be strong, you need to tread warily if your dream home in the sun is not to become a nightmare.
- And that's exactly why third-year Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington, a Pro Bowler in 2001, is approaching the season warily.
- In desperation, she entered warily into a sexual liaison with an army captain, who offered some promise of economic stability.
- And synod and churchwide leaders look warily toward the future.
Synonyms carefully, with care, cautiously, gingerly, circumspectly, charily, guardedly, on one's guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, attentively, heedfully, watchfully, vigilantly, observantly, alertly, cannily hesitantly, timidly, timorously - 1.1 In a way that shows a lack of trust; suspiciously.
Example sentencesExamples - He looks warily at her, but she assures him, "Nothing's gonna happen."
- Institutions that were once accorded great deference including the government and the military are now eyed warily.
- Elsewhere, ethnic groups continue to eye one another warily.
- Elizabeth just looked at her warily, not moving from where she stood.
- At that moment, Anne let out a huge yawn, and Lady Catherine looked at her warily.
- Kill white men the Crows did not, but trappers regarded them warily.
- Bombarded with stories about unscrupulous corporate executives and the employees they done wrong, workers begin to gaze warily at their own managers.
- In a photo taken in 1965, the year my first child was born and my brother died, I eye the camera warily, my mouth in a tense line.
- Amid widespread fears that York is being over-developed, many residents will view the proposal warily.
- She eyed him warily for a moment, then nodded.
- He looked back to Jessie, who regarded him warily from beneath a cascade of reddish curls.
- They both turned to Paxton, who was watching them warily, apparently not wanting to get too close to Seth, which irritated him.
- Will his followers climb that mountain with him or will they stay a few feet away and watch him warily?
- Bennett Templar eyed the envelope warily without touching it.
- It was enough to know they were there, watching warily from their cover as we passed them by.
- Large-scale demonstrations were held and warily tolerated by the military.
Synonyms suspiciously, distrustfully, mistrustfully, charily, cautiously, uneasily informal cagily
Definition of warily in US English: warilyadverbˈwɛrəliˈwerəlē 1Cautiously; carefully. they walk warily down the street, terrified of being caught Example sentencesExamples - Gabriel made his way warily down the row of curtained cubicles.
- I warily approach her, softly calling her name.
- In desperation, she entered warily into a sexual liaison with an army captain, who offered some promise of economic stability.
- Nobuyuki Yamaguchi concedes that conservationists need to tread warily in the U.K., a nation of pet lovers.
- They freeze, lapse into a wide-eyed silence, then warily continue their conversation.
- Upon warily entering a cafe you're immediately barked at for your order.
- Color plays a pivotal role in a website's impact, thus, it must be considered warily.
- Even the most instinctively bellicose warily warn of making matters worse.
- Both Harriet and William strike the reader as somewhat eccentric, the sort of neighbors or colleagues one tolerates but befriends only warily.
- But while the desire to escape the British climate may be strong, you need to tread warily if your dream home in the sun is not to become a nightmare.
- Warily, he reached out and turned the knob, easing the door open.
- And that's exactly why third-year Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington, a Pro Bowler in 2001, is approaching the season warily.
- You had to approach these people warily.
- Oxford is watching warily for a mumps outbreak as universities across the country see case after case.
- And synod and churchwide leaders look warily toward the future.
- Marines stepped warily around the bodies, looking for their own comrades.
- Offered his old job back by former boss Hunter, in return for taking on a case, he warily accepts.
- If you do go down this route then please tread warily.
- Dunfermline had more reason than most to approach the match warily.
- When the questioner is employed by the state broadcaster of one of the occupying powers, the respondents might be expected to answer warily.
- Adjustment comes in stages, each step taken warily.
Synonyms carefully, with care, cautiously, gingerly, circumspectly, charily, guardedly, on one's guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, attentively, heedfully, watchfully, vigilantly, observantly, alertly, cannily - 1.1 In a way that shows a lack of trust; suspiciously.
Example sentencesExamples - In a photo taken in 1965, the year my first child was born and my brother died, I eye the camera warily, my mouth in a tense line.
- Kill white men the Crows did not, but trappers regarded them warily.
- It was enough to know they were there, watching warily from their cover as we passed them by.
- They both turned to Paxton, who was watching them warily, apparently not wanting to get too close to Seth, which irritated him.
- He looked back to Jessie, who regarded him warily from beneath a cascade of reddish curls.
- He looks warily at her, but she assures him, "Nothing's gonna happen."
- At that moment, Anne let out a huge yawn, and Lady Catherine looked at her warily.
- Elizabeth just looked at her warily, not moving from where she stood.
- Large-scale demonstrations were held and warily tolerated by the military.
- Institutions that were once accorded great deference including the government and the military are now eyed warily.
- Bombarded with stories about unscrupulous corporate executives and the employees they done wrong, workers begin to gaze warily at their own managers.
- Bennett Templar eyed the envelope warily without touching it.
- Elsewhere, ethnic groups continue to eye one another warily.
- She eyed him warily for a moment, then nodded.
- Will his followers climb that mountain with him or will they stay a few feet away and watch him warily?
- Amid widespread fears that York is being over-developed, many residents will view the proposal warily.
Synonyms suspiciously, distrustfully, mistrustfully, charily, cautiously, uneasily
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