How do you use Warily in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Warily meaning
- In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.
- Without trust; in a manner showing a lack of trust.
Synonyms of Warily
Using Warily
- The main meaning on this page is: In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm. | Without trust; in a manner showing a lack of trust.
- Useful related words include: unwarily.
- In the example corpus, warily often appears in combinations such as: warily and, warily by, it warily.
Context around Warily
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Warily
- In this selection, "warily" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nations, contemplative, somewhat, eye, scanning and signs stand out and add context to how "warily" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are watching warily and attention seydou warily signs on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "warily" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with warily
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The administration kept away, but watched warily. (7 words)
In the aftermath of the incident, however, people are still viewing Neocore warily. (13 words)
I can imagine the bond market, these days increasingly contemplative, warily scanning the table. (14 words)
Mr. Sanders, a progressive Vermont senator who remains a political independent, does not face the sort of ideological suspicion that many on the right harbored toward Mr. Trump when he ran, but he is viewed warily by some Democrats. (39 words)
Still harboring the hope of making it to Italy, and desperate to get Moussa proper medical attention, Seydou warily signs on as the captain of an overloaded boat of refugees – a “people smuggler” – bound for Sicily. (36 words)
A veteran CIA clandestine officer, Haspel is backed by many in the U.S. intelligence community but is regarded warily by some in Congress for her involvement in the agency's "black site" detention facilities. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Australia and the Philippines have commenced regular joint navy and airforce patrols in the South China Sea, as Pacific nations warily eye an increasingly assertive China.
I can imagine the bond market, these days increasingly contemplative, warily scanning the table.
As I was bringing out the cheesecake, my mom eyed it somewhat warily and announced that she’d decided to make the usual pie as well,” she continued.
Still harboring the hope of making it to Italy, and desperate to get Moussa proper medical attention, Seydou warily signs on as the captain of an overloaded boat of refugees – a “people smuggler” – bound for Sicily.
But several states have had to slow down the pace of their reopening, and officials are warily watching a rise in coronavirus cases in the Midwest, including Ohio.
Interpreting sales pitches warily restores skepticism and doubt to their proper place in force design.
Mr. Sanders, a progressive Vermont senator who remains a political independent, does not face the sort of ideological suspicion that many on the right harbored toward Mr. Trump when he ran, but he is viewed warily by some Democrats.
Shawver said his firm, which has six to eight sales backed up on the calendar, is looking at the online option warily.
These two households, warily eyeing each other, have something else in common: a family member just home from the war.
And then there are some, a new generation of intersectional Islamists, who seem to have found a genuine way to advocate for, or warily justify, “queer”-friendly politics.
As MoviePass peaked and blew up, AMC and Regal eyed it warily and, in the case of AMC’s outspoken CEO, Adam Aron, took public shots at it.
But after seven months without a confirmed leader at the Pentagon, and with the Trump administration’s erratic foreign policy sowing confusion among friends and foes alike, Pacific allies are watching warily.
But he has warily watched what he sees as a piecemeal approach to an issue he believes merits a congressional response.
Parents considering transferring a property to adult children — either for money or for free — should tread warily.
A second obstacle is that Israel—and some supporters of current Israeli policy in Europe and especially in the United States—can be expected to view some of the resulting policies very warily.
As he has matured into adulthood, he now warily scans the horizon for youngsters following in his path.
A veteran CIA clandestine officer, Haspel is backed by many in the U.S. intelligence community but is regarded warily by some in Congress for her involvement in the agency's "black site" detention facilities.
In February 2009, Mr. Rubin warily took up the post of “publisher at large” at the company.
In the aftermath of the incident, however, people are still viewing Neocore warily.
The administration kept away, but watched warily.
Common combinations with warily
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- warily and 2×
- warily by 2×
- it warily 2×