Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Wary; cautious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Obs. or Poetic. Cautious; wary; watchful.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective cautious; wary; watchful

Etymologies

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guard +‎ -ful

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