WARY, adjective [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 in war to be always wary
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.