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单词 warily
释义
warily
adverb
uk
/ˈweə.rəl.i/us
/ˈwer.əl.i/
in a way that iswary(= notcompletelytrustingorcertain):
Sheeyedthedogwarily,afraidit mightjump.
It isquitewrongthat he should have totreadwarily whileothersspeaktheirminds.
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  • "Whatsortofdoctorare youanyway?" sheasked, warily.
  • Hewatchedthem warily as theyapproachedhim.
  • Somefarmersreactedwarily to theplan.
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Cautious and vigilant
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  • conservatively
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  • diligent
  • discreet
  • methodically
  • meticulous
  • meticulously
  • meticulousness
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  • scrupulous
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  • sedulously
  • slowly
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Doubt & ambivalence
(Definition ofwarilyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

warily| American Dictionary

warily
adverb
us
/ˈweər·ə·li/
Seeatwary.
(Definition ofwarilyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwarily

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The tour acts to both temporarily reclaim the streets and acknowledge the presence of the current inhabitants who watchwarilybehind drawn curtains.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Once they acquired a following, however informally they were associated, jobbers had to treadwarily.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Further, it is clear that up-market architectural evidence should be treatedwarily.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I have found it helpful to treadwarily.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These findings are based on a small number of examples, both of priced land transactions and cash bequests, and thus should be treatedwarily.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Obviously, these descriptions of poverty and wealth are relative to this sample of wills, and for many reasons this is an extremely crude measure, and should be treatedwarily.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We are all agreed that we should walk soberly andwarilyand discreetly and peacefully, and even humbly, through this dangerous world.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
On the political side we obviously have to treadwarilybut not sowarilythat we do not make progress.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Subsequently, he has had to tread verywarily.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I ask them to gangwarily, and not to hurry this process.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
To nurture and adapt them, movingwarilyby cautious experiment, is a worthier way.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is a very difficult area indeed and one has to treadwarilyin the way one tackles these cases.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is no doubt that managements of the larger companies treadwarily.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In my opinion, more bureaucracy should be viewed extremelywarily.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In these circumstances we ought to go morewarilyin the future than apparently we are now doing.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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