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Wary vs Oary - What's the difference?

wary | oary |

As adjectives the difference between wary and oary

is that wary is cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful while oary is like an oar.

wary

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(er)
  • Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
    • He is wary of dogs.
  • Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.

    • Synonyms

    * cautious, guarded, careful, chary

    Derived terms

    * unwary * warily * wariness

    Anagrams

    * *

    See also

    * weary

    oary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like an oar
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    • , passage=It is as the future bird of elegance and grace that the young swan is mostly admired; when it has become old enough to grace the waters, then it is that all admire her, when she with "Arched neck, Between her white wings mantling, proudly rows Her state with oary feet." }}