Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dialectal)To curse, revile.

Examples

42 sentences

  1. Tom is wary.

    Том насторожі. — deniko

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  2. My parents always told me to be wary of strangers.

    ruРодители всегда говорили мне остерегаться незнакомцев. — marafon

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  3. I was right to be wary.

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  4. Tom is getting wary.

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  5. Everyone should be wary.

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Origin

From Middle English warien, from Old English wierġan (“to curse, do evil”), from Proto-Wes

From Middle English warien, from Old English wierġan (“to curse, do evil”), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to condemn, curse”), from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal”). Doublet of warry.

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Forms

waries, warying, waried, waried
Base formwary · to wary
3rd person singularwaries
Present participlewarying
Past simplewaried
Past participlewaried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywary
he, she, itwaries

Past simpleLesson

all personswaried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave waried
he, she, ithas waried

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wary

Word family

2 related words
RelatedwearyB2wargus

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
warshipB2wartwarthogwartimeB2wasabiwashA1washable
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