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overwary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-wary
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Too wary; excessively cautious.

Etymology

From over- + wary.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more overwary (comparative) most overwary (superlative)

Questions

What does overwary mean?
Too wary; excessively cautious.
Where does overwary come from?
From over- + wary.

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