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He presently halted under a great elm, blew an answering blast, and then began to tiptoe and look warily out, this way and that.

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 Meanings and Examples of WARILY
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warily
 ad.  in a way that shows a lack of trust; suspiciously; cautiously; carefully
Classic Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  Then Jurgis slowly and warily approached him; he took out the bill, and fumbled it for a moment, while the man stared at him with hostile eyes across the counter.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
2  The Indians warily retraced their steps toward the place they had left, when the scout, placing his pole against a rock, by a powerful shove, sent his frail bark directly into the turbulent stream.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5
3  Heyward, perceiving that the eyes of his companion were warily fastened on the rest of the band, fell back immediately, in order to avoid the appearance of any suspicious confederacy with their leader.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
4  The exulting Indian had resumed his austere countenance, though he drew warily back before the menacing glance of the young man's fiery eye.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25
5  With the advantage of possessing this important intelligence, the chief warily laid his plans before his fellows, and, as might have been anticipated from his eloquence and cunning, they were adopted without a dissenting voice.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
6  He presently halted under a great elm, blew an answering blast, and then began to tiptoe and look warily out, this way and that.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  When Jeff arrived, Tom accosted him; and "led up" warily to opportunities for remark about Becky, but the giddy lad never could see the bait.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  He sat down and took a long rest, torturing himself meanwhile to keep awake, and then started warily down the home-stretch.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
9  They presently emerged into the clump of sumach bushes, looked warily out, found the coast clear, and were soon lunching and smoking in the skiff.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
10  We will judge warily," said Bellingham, "and look well what we.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
11  At the stairs where we had taken him abroad, and ever since, I had looked warily for any token of our being suspected.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIV
12  Gray old Laska, who had followed them, sat down warily opposite him and pricked up her ears.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 15
13  One ear had been turned wrong side out as she ran up, and she breathed heavily but warily, and still more warily looked round, but more with her eyes than her head, to her master.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 12
14  Hence grew the ill opinion entertained in Rome of Fabius Maximus, who could never persuade the people that it behoved them to proceed warily in their conflict with Hannibal, and withstand his onset without fighting.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LIII.
15  For we see that in what they do some men act impulsively, others warily and with caution.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX.
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