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overwary

overwary adjective: too wary; excessively cautious.

Adjective

overwary (comparative more overwary, superlative most overwary)

  1. Too wary; excessively cautious.

Forms of overwary

comparativemore overwary
superlativemost overwary

Origin of overwary

From over- + wary.

Questions about overwary

What does overwary mean?
Overwary means too wary; excessively cautious.
What part of speech is overwary?
Overwary is an adjective.

Words near overwary in the dictionary

  1. overwarms
  2. overwarn
  3. overwarned
  4. overwarning
  5. overwarns
  6. overwary
  7. overwash
  8. overwashed
  9. overwashes
  10. overwashing
  11. overwasted

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