Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WA'RY
WA'RY, a. [Sax. wær; Ice. var. See Ware and Warn.]
Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices and dangers; scrupulous; timorously prudent. Old men are usually more wary than the young. It is incumbent on a general war to be always wary.
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