Definitions for warily

warily war·i·ly

Spelling: [wair-uh-lee]
IPA: /ˈwɛər ə li/

Warily is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in warily (ailrwy).

Definitions for warily

adverb

  1. in a wary manner.

Origin of warily

First recorded in 1545-55; wary + -ly

Examples for warily

He walks with stiff, rounded shoulders and talks with his chin down, eyes looking up warily through his lashes.

“I hope Mr. Dudley will do a better job,” he tells me, warily.

Despite his insistence that the book is a failure, a warily honest narrator emerges.

It stepped back from the rim of the ledge and looked at him; warily, as he looked at it.

"I think I see what you mean," said the psychologist, warily.

warily he picked it up and glanced at it, still covering me carefully.

I had found the latch by this time, and warily I drew the door open.

There's nothing for it but to go on warily, and maybe at the next halt we might escape from them.'

These clerics led by Hamza—which means “steadfast” in Arabic—approached us warily, slowly.

"I think so," said Max warily, beginning to guess the trend of her questions.

Word Value for warily
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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