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Warily describes doing something in a careful, watchful way, because you think there might be danger or a trick. It is the adverb of wary.
"Warily"Warily"describes doing something in a careful, watchful way"形容做一件事時小心翼翼、保持警覺，"because you think there might be danger or a trick"因為你覺得可能有危險或有詐。"It is the adverb of wary"這是wary這個字的副詞。
Picture someone into a dark room slowly, hands out, ready to go back — that is moving warily. Two ideas live inside it at once: care, and a reason for the care. You are not careful because you are polite or neat; you are careful because something might hurt you or fool you. That is what separates it from "carefully".
"Picture someone stepping into a dark room slowly, hands out, ready to go back"想像有人慢慢走進一間暗房，手伸在前面，隨時準備退回去——"that is moving warily"這就是warily小心翼翼地移動。"Two ideas live inside it at once"這個字同時裝著兩個概念：care小心，"and a reason for the care"和小心的理由。"You are not careful because you are polite or neat"你小心不是因為有禮貌或愛整潔；"you are careful because something might hurt you or fool you"你小心是因為某個東西可能傷害你或騙你。"That is what separates it from \"carefully\""這就是它和「carefully」小心地不同的地方。
You can walk warily, watch someone warily, and also agree, answer, or smile warily — meaning you did it, but you kept your guard up. It goes very naturally with verbs of looking and moving: eye someone warily, approach warily, tread warily. "Tread warily" is a set phrase meaning "be careful in a situation where you could easily cause trouble", often about words rather than feet.
"You can walk warily, watch someone warily"你可以warily小心地走、warily戒備地看著某人，"and also agree, answer, or smile warily"也可以warily有所保留地同意、回答或微笑——"meaning you did it, but you kept your guard up"意思是你做了這件事，但心裡還是保持防備。"It goes very naturally with verbs of looking and moving"它很自然會搭配跟看、跟移動有關的動詞："eye someone warily, approach warily, tread warily"eye someone warily戒備地打量某人、approach warily小心地靠近、tread warily小心翼翼地踏步。"\"Tread warily\" is a set phrase"「Tread warily」是一個固定用語，"meaning \"be careful in a situation where you could easily cause trouble\""意思是「在容易惹麻煩的場合小心行事」，"often about words rather than feet"講的常常是說話而不是走路。
The feeling is watchful, not . A person who is warily doing something is still doing it — they have not run away.
"The feeling is watchful, not frightened"那種感覺是警戒，不是害怕。"A person who is warily doing something is still doing it"一個warily小心翼翼做某件事的人，還是在做這件事——"they have not run away"他們並沒有逃走。
組成wary + -ly. The -ly ending turns an adjective into an adverb — it tells you HOW something is done. Note the spelling change: wary ends in -y, so the y becomes i before -ly: wary → warily.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
warilyadv
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In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.
- She walked through the dark alley, warily glancing around to make sure she wasn't being followed.
- That her little Tarzan could destroy a great bull gorilla she knew to be improbable, and so, as she neared the spot from which the sounds of the struggle had come, she moved more warily and at last slowly and with extreme caution she traversed the lowest branches, peering eagerly into the moon- splashed blackness for a sign of the combatants.
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Without trust; in a manner showing a lack of trust.
- He listened to the salesman's pitch warily, sensing a potential scam.
- East and West still eye each other warily across the sea, but the Cold War has begun to melt.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。