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What does wary mean?

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Adjective
  1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent.
  2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
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I was always a bit wary of its claim to being the chosen resting place of Pocahontas.
Keays said she was now wary about her daughter's desire to meet with her father.
Perhaps he is wary of appearing to be an apologist in the eyes of his western readers.
Shrewd and wary was Leofric, careful and measured in all things, nothing beyond him.
Be wary, as a 120,000-mile example would be showing just 20,000 on the clock.
Yet he was once a quarter-finalist at junior Wimbledon and has no need to be wary.

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