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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Wā'ry, a.

adjective

(4, 89), a. [compar. WARIER; superl. WARIEST.] [See WARE, a.]

  1. Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; scrupulous; timorously prudent; circumspect.
  2. Cautious; guarded; careful. [Rare.]

We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men. Milton. Syn.—Cautious; circumspect; watchful. See CAUTIOUS.