(a.) Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal.
Example Sentences:
(1) 1894 : Area named Ubangi-Chari and set up as a dependency by the French 1910 : Integrated in the Federation of French Equatorial Africa 1958 : The territory gains self-government within French Equatorial Africa and Barthélemy Boganda becomes prime minister 1960 : David Dacko becomes president of now-independent Central African Republic (CAR) 1962 : President makes the country a one-party state.
(2) British leaders of the postwar and cold-war eras were chary of wars of intervention.
(3) The lake is fed by the Chari and Logone rivers, flowing into it from southwest.
(4) I had suggested doing an "at home" in Sussex, but he was chary about me describing the "soft furnishings, stuffed lions illegally shot, etc".
(5) Governments have been chary of the question of who pays, how much and when.
(6) These findings fully corroborate a prediction made by us on the basis of mechanistic and stereochemical analyses of CMLE and MLE [Chari, R. V. J., Whitman, C. P., Kozarich, J. W., Ngai, K.-L., & Ornston, L. N. (1987) J.
(7) The new species differs from M. charis in an oval shape and size of the body of females, large stylet of females and larvae, low place of the entry of the dorsal duct into the oesophagal lumen, long and slender tail of larvae.
(8) However, one should be chary of referring AEBP change of vascular origin to any particular section on the basis of these deductions alone.
(9) Electric organ discharges (EODs) of Gymnarchus niloticus in its natural habitat (Chari River, Chad Basin) and accompanying ecological data (pH, conductivity, temperature, turbidity, O2 dissolved) were recorded.
(10) Among a few others, studies carried out in India (K. R. Nair & Virmani, 1973 Indian Journal of Medical Research, 61, 9; P. Chary, 1986, In Language processing in bilinguals: Psycholinguistic and neuropsychological perspectives) have lent support to the notion of a higher incidence of crossed aphasia among bi- and multilinguals and form major citations in support of the hypothesis that bilingualism could lead to a greater bilateral cerebral representation of languages.
(11) 1.49pm BST Paolo Di Canio has now officially signed a brand-new team at Sunderland with the teenage Greek winger Charis Mavrias signing for £2.5m from Panathinaikos.
(12) The definitive chorioallantoic placental barrier in this bat thus differs from the organization earlier proposed by Chari and Gopalakrishna [Proc.
(13) An earlier cursory analysis of distinctive features in these data (Chari, N.C.A., Herman, G. and Danhauer, J.L.
(14) The authors report on an outbreak of Schistosoma mansoni infestation involving 113 military men who had been contaminated together in a tributary of the Chari river in the Central African Republic.
(15) In light of current discussions on multiple forms of inhibin, it was thought of interest to ascertain the identity of the postulated 'iso-hormones' of bull seminal plasma inhibin (Chari et al., 1978).
(16) An epidemic of human and animal anthrax raged in Chad mainly in the Department of Chari Baguirmi from September to December 1988, infesting more than 50% of donkeys and horses.
(17) The authors give on historical record of the focus of the sleeping disease in Moyen-Chari (South of Chad) from 1914 to 1989.
(18) Resisting the temptation to unleash Fletcher, Di Canio moved Sebastian Larsson and Charis Mavrias off the bench and into the equation and, almost imperceptibly, Sunderland regained a foothold in the tie.
Wary
Definition:
(a.) Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
(a.) Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
Example Sentences:
(1) Republicans remain wary of a contentious debate on the divisive issue, which could anger their core voters and undercut potential electoral gains in the November elections when control of Congress will be at stake.
(2) Besides, Francis says, once their reformation had gone on longer than their initial career, the rest of the band were starting to feel wary about just playing the old material, particularly when they found themselves booked to play a Canadian casino, the kind of venue that is traditionally the preserve of oldies acts: "It was just sort of symbolic, like ha-ha, here we are, at the casino.
(3) But while France has plainly moved on from the days when François Hollande could say his true enemy was “the world of finance”, major players remain wary of the country’s rigid employment laws .
(4) But many inside these Asian nations are wary of efforts to make emerging economies break ranks.
(5) The head of the TUC, Frances O'Grady, said she supported the aims of the foundation, but was wary of endorsing changes that allowed retailers to squeeze under the wire without raising the pay of the lowest-paid workers.
(6) Yet whatever Jürgen Klinsmann’s understandable wariness about Portugal as a wounded animal, the USA coach might prefer to take his chances against a less-than-100% Ronaldo in the testing, Amazonian conditions in Manaus, no matter how good he is.
(7) He is wary of pretension, alive to all shades of irony.
(8) I am of a similar vintage and, like many friends and fans of the series, bemoan the fact that we are generally treated by society as silly, weak, daft, soppy, prejudiced (even bigoted), risk-averse and wary of new situations.
(9) Tinsley is also wary about believing that the EBacc will make a substantial difference to language learning.
(10) Other countries in Africa and indeed all over the world need to look closely at this experiment in Lesotho and be very wary of repeating it."
(11) I was told the Guardian had been too negative about Playboy in the past, and that they were also wary after a recent "trashing in the Sunday Times magazine – where Mr Hefner underwent a complete character assassination".
(12) The government faces a close-fought referendum on constitutional reforms later this year, on which Renzi’s political fate hinges, and is wary of angering small investors.
(13) The dispute has pushed together regional powers who a few years ago might have been as wary of neighbours with claims on the islands as they were of Beijing.
(14) Fashion editors and former employees are wary of talking in public about them.
(15) Obama and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) got off to a shaky start: the KRG, which mostly benefited from the US invasion of Iraq, was wary of an American president anxious to withdraw and detach from the country.
(16) I am wary – very clear – I really wonder where it's all going, all this with Barack.
(17) As well as the risk of attrition to the Tories, the Lib Dems will be mindful that traditional Labour voters will be wary of proposed Lib Dem cuts in public spending – an issue that promises to take centre stage at the next election.
(18) Hudson says social workers have been wary of media attention because they believe it only focuses on the negative.
(19) Mourinho’s pre-match utterances are generally best skimmed for the odd word not specifically dedicated to inflammatory falsehoods, but Chelsea’s manager was correct to offer some wary respect for the Football League’s champion club and here, lining up in a tightly knit 4-4-2, Leicester were sharp in the tackle early on, and pacy on the break throughout.
(20) With a few striking exceptions, such as William Dalrymple and Philip Hensher , contemporary writers have become wary of engaging with it in all its complicated, uneasy-making richness.