adjective
- Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence.
- usage: "they were wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers"
- Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
- synonyms: leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting
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