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Warily


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a wary manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Downing Street, meanwhile, eyes George Osborne warily as a dangerous grey cardinal, banished from court but maintaining his old network of allies and spies.
  • (2) The use of posterior composites is riddled with so many controversies that the puzzled practitioner must step warily among them.
  • (3) While many fiscal conservatives view Huckabee warily, he has a solid social conservative thread and a folksy charm that would pair well with Trump’s big city bluster.
  • (4) 'She could have been anybody's daughter', fretted one contemporary report, and parents looked warily at their own offspring.
  • (5) What we really have to do is win the public argument.” He says critics of the bill have to tread warily.
  • (6) Empty buses lumbered through the streetson Tuesday , police weighed down with body armour warily watched pedestrians near a fast food restaurant and members of Cossack units stood guard at bus stops.
  • (7) Royal Mail staff leaving the company's vast Mount Pleasant complex in central London showed a split in attitudes towards planned privatisation : rank-and-file staff vehemently opposed; management warily in favour.
  • (8) The market has responded warily to reports of a tough summer with ITV's share price falling 25%, to about 72p, since the after-glow of ITV's bumper results pushed it to a three-year high of 95p.
  • (9) Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere treads warily on return to action for club’s U21s Read more Wenger estimates Arsenal lived under financial constraints for six years while the Emirates project was realised, at a cost of £390m but West Ham have been able to take a short cut he believes can help to make them regular contenders for the Premier League’s top-four.
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  • (11) It is designed by a British teenager, Nick D'Aloisio, and – having been described as one of the most disruptive apps of 2012 – is a venture that may be viewed warily by the newspaper industry.
  • (12) In the last conference season before the election the contenders warily shuffled around the ring.
  • (13) On Capitol Hill, Scott Brown was already being spoken of as a potential Republican presidential candidate, though he is also being eyed warily by rightwing colleagues concerned that he may prove too liberal.
  • (14) Amid signs that Barack Obama is treading warily over calls for air strikes, the administration spokesman, Jay Carney, said the president would "continue to consult with his national security team in the days to come", and there would also be further consultations with members of Congress, including some closed briefings later this week.
  • (15) They can be surprisingly resilient but, because their trust is so warily given, the slightest betrayal can result in protracted antagonism – sometimes to the point of making the foster situation untenable.
  • (16) Senators, mostly Republicans warning of leaving the country exposed to another terrorist attack, voted to beat back the bill, which had been warily backed by the Obama administration, technology giants and most civil libertarian groups .
  • (17) Proposals to overhaul the municipal courts and create a citizen police review board were greeted warily, if not with outright skepticism.
  • (18) Amid signs that Barack Obama is treading warily over calls for air strikes against the advance of a Sunni Muslim insurgency, administration spokesman Jay Carney said the president would "continue to consult with his national security team in the days to come," and said that there will also be further consultations with members of Congress, including some closed briefings later this week.
  • (19) While Turkish and Kurdish leaders wait for the music to start in their fragile "peace process", they have already jointly taken to the dance floor, warily exploring whether enemies can become partners.
  • (20) The deputy prime minister spoke of his anger and frustration at the Tory tactics as he confirmed that the Lib Dems would “tread warily” if they formed another coalition with the Conservatives .

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.