Reverse Dictionary: WARY

ADJECTIVES
1300 — ADVISY well-advised; circumspect, heedful, wary, cautious → obs.
1475 — ADVISED deliberate, cautious, wary, judicious → obs.
1526 — FEARFUL cautious, wary → obs.
1548 — HEEDY heedful, careful, attentive, cautious, wary, watchful → obs.
1565 — HOFUL careful, wary, prudent → obs.
1574 — CAUTELOUS cautious, wary, heedful, prudent → obs.
1637 — CANNY knowing, sagacious, judicious, prudent; wary, cautious → Sc.
1662 — SICKER prudent, careful, esp. with regard to money matters; wary, cautious → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1718 — LEARY — LEERY cunning, astute, knowing, artful; wide-awake; alert; cautious, wary → sl.
1842 — YARRY — YARY ready; smart, quick; sharp, cunning; wary → Eng. dial.
1879 — WIDE shrewd; wary → Brit. sl.
1893 — CAGEY — CAGY non-committal, reticent, wary → colloq.
1905 — HAIRY wary, cunning, sharp → N. Ireland (Bk.)
1956 — HINK — HINKE wary or extremely cautious; feeling suspicion; hence, nervous or jumpy → Amer. sl. obs.
1996 —  LIKE A CAT IN A STRANGE GARRET wary, timorous, not at ease → Amer. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1375 — ADVISEDLY with watchfulness or attention; warily, attentively, carefully, circumspectly → obs.

NOUNS
1250 — I-WARNESS watchfulness, vigilance, wariness → obs.
..L19 — CA’ CANNY moderation or wariness → Sc.
1950 — CAT IN A BAG — CAT IN THE BAG something one buys or trades without being able to see it; hence, something to be wary of → Amer. dial.
1965 — CAT IN A SACK something one buys or trades without being able to see it; hence, something to be wary of → Amer. dial.

PHRASES
1996 — SAME AS A SINGED CAT said of a person very wary due to a bad experience → Amer. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
1614 — WARIFY to render wary or timorous → obs.
1814 — CA’ CANNY to go easy; to proceed warily or cautiously; to go slow; deliberately to restrict output or effort → Sc.
1859 — WALK ON EGGS to proceed very carefully; to go gingerly and warily → sl.
1902 — PUSSYFOOT to tread softly or lightly so as to avoid being notice; to move warily or stealthily