warily
/wˈɛɹəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Without trust; in a manner showing a lack of trust.
Example Sentences
- "She walked through the dark alley, warily glancing around to make sure she wasn't being followed."
- "That her little Tarzan could destroy a great bull gorilla she knew to be improbable, and so, as she neared the spot from which the sounds of the struggle had come, she moved more warily and at last slowly and with extreme caution she traversed the lowest branches, peering eagerly into the moon- splashed blackness for a sign of the combatants."
- "He listened to the salesman's pitch warily, sensing a potential scam."
- "East and West still eye each other warily across the sea, but the Cold War has begun to melt."
- "The new king is viewed warily by Bangkok's elites, who have sometimes worried that he sympathises with populist politicians whom the army has twice kicked from power."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more warily (comparative)
most warily (superlative)