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Webster 1913 Edition

Warily

Wa′ri-ly

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adv.
In a wary manner.

Webster 1828 Edition

Warily

WARILY

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adv.
[from wary.] Cautiously; with timorous prudence or wise foresight. Great enterprises are to be conducted warily. Change of laws should be warily proceeded in.

Definition 2024

warily

warily

English

Adverb

warily ‎(comparative more warily, superlative most warily)

  1. In a wary manner; using caution; cautiously.
    • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
      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.

Etymology

wary +‎ -ly

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