Wary vs Perspicacious - What's the difference?
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Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
(figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
(obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.
Wary is a related term of perspicacious.
As adjectives the difference between wary and perspicacious
is that wary is cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful while perspicacious is (figuratively) of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.wary
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(er)- He is wary of dogs.