wary
(adjective) marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; “they were wary in their movements”; “a wary glance at the black clouds”; “taught to be wary of strangers”
leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary
(adjective) openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wariest
superlative form of wary: most wary
• Waiters, artwise, waister, waiters, wastier
Source: Wiktionary
Wa"ry, a. [Compar. Warier; superl. Wariest.] Etym: [OE. war, AS. wær; akin to Icel. v, Dan. & Sw. var, Goth. wars, G. gewahr aware, OHG. wara notice, attention, Gr. Aware, Garment, Garnish, Garrison, Panorama, Ward, v. t. Ware, a., Warren.]
1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful. "Bear a wary eye." Shak. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. Milton.
2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful. It behoveth our words to be wary and few. Hooker.
Syn.
– Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See Cautious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
