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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Wary/Cautious
Hello,
Could you tell me if I am wrong, please? Here's my take: The sentence "He was wary of putting too much trust in her." tells me that she is not a trustworthy person and she is likely to let him down or maybe even do him harm in the future. It even gives me the idea that she has a bad reputation.
The other one: "He was cautious about putting too much trust in her." suggests to me something similar, there's less danger. He is just uncertain and thinks that everything could go wrong. But after giving it a lot of consideration, he might put his trust in her and become partners/do whatever.
Wary gives me the idea that someone wants to avoid getting in trouble and it is a little stronger than cautious in this sense.
Thank you
Could you tell me if I am wrong, please? Here's my take: The sentence "He was wary of putting too much trust in her." tells me that she is not a trustworthy person and she is likely to let him down or maybe even do him harm in the future. It even gives me the idea that she has a bad reputation.
The other one: "He was cautious about putting too much trust in her." suggests to me something similar, there's less danger. He is just uncertain and thinks that everything could go wrong. But after giving it a lot of consideration, he might put his trust in her and become partners/do whatever.
Wary gives me the idea that someone wants to avoid getting in trouble and it is a little stronger than cautious in this sense.
Thank you
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Most of what you say seems reasonable. I agree that "wary" is a little stronger than "cautious". By itself, "He was wary of putting too much trust in her" does not definitely mean that she is not a trustworthy person.
- Most of what you say seems reasonable.
- I agree that "wary" is a little stronger than "cautious".
- By itself, "He was wary of putting too much trust in her" does not definitely mean that she is not a trustworthy person.
- It could be that he was mistaken about her character.
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Most of what you say seems reasonable. I agree that "wary" is a little stronger than "cautious".
By itself, "He was wary of putting too much trust in her" does not definitely mean that she is not a trustworthy person. It could be that he was mistaken about her character.
By itself, "He was wary of putting too much trust in her" does not definitely mean that she is not a trustworthy person. It could be that he was mistaken about her character.
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Yes, but if he is wary of putting too much trust in her, he wouldn't want to work with her, no?
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Gene93Yes, but if he is wary of putting too much trust in her, he wouldn't want to work with her, no?Right.
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