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warily
adverb
1 he walked toward it, treading warily to avoid the puddles:
carefully, with care, cautiously, gingerly, circumspectly, charily, guardedly, on one's guard, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, attentively, heedfully, watchfully, vigilantly, observantly, alertly, cannily;
hesitantly, timidly, timorously.
antonyms recklessly.
2 the little boy eyed her warily:
suspiciously, distrustfully, mistrustfully, charily, cautiously, uneasily;
informal cagily.
antonyms trustingly.