warily

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Recent Examples of warily Most of my clients - small and mid-sized business owners - are watching this technology warily. Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Mackenize singles out a Dari-speaking immigrant named Rahim (Elham Ehsas) and his elderly parents as the residents warily pour out of a nearby apartment building, knowing that audiences’ imaginations (and biases) will start to suggest how this character might relate to the bigger picture. Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025 Despite Mamdani’s triangulation, Democratic leaders have continued to eye him warily. David Weigel, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Analysts say Xi was likely watching warily as Putin and Kim forged a new alliance that could complicate East Asia’s fragile security balance, draw more US focus to the region, and undercut Beijing’s efforts to manage stability on the Korean Peninsula. Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warily
Adverb
  • His crossing has often been a source of frustration, sometimes ballooning the ball too often, taking too long to put it into the area or cutting back on himself hesitantly.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The clip shows the massive American bully hesitantly backing away from a tiny, energetic puppy.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Daedone looked at me quizzically.
    Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Fans chanted for Bayley as Lyra stared at her incredulously.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Carolyn responds incredulously while showing a sign of disgust on her face.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Warily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warily. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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