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.
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- adjective
cautious ;wary ;watchful
Etymologies
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guard + -ful
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Examples
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He made his friends 'quarrels his own, and was as guardful of their reputations as of his own.
The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches, 1853
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"Well, then, I will live since death is at my command, and be guardful of life for my dear husband's sake."
The Phantom Ship Frederick Marryat 1820
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