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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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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IPA (key ) : /ˈva.rɘ/
Rhymes: -arɘ
Syllabification: wa‧ry
wary m inan
nominative / accusative / vocative plural of war