wariness
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i noun
the state or quality of being wary.
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| —adj , warier, wariest | |
| 1. | watchful, cautious, or alert |
| 2. | characterized by caution or watchfulness |
| [C16: from | |
| 'warily | |
| —adv | |
| 'wariness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Yet from a lifetime of self-control, the habit of dignified wariness still aids him.
Only a few encounters were needed sometimes to transform whales' wariness of a stimulus to apparent unconcern.
Drivers' wariness about road pricing is understandable, but they would probably benefit.
On the surface, foreign wariness seems more sensible.
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