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Guarded

//ˈɡɑɹdɪd// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Cautious; restrained.

    "guarded outlook"

  2. 2
    Cautious; restrained.; A good outcome has fair odds of happening but close monitoring is important because odds of deterioration are not low.

    "guarded prognosis"

  3. 3
    Watched over; supervised.
  4. 4
    Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau). especially

    "On the helmet , which is of gold, affrontee, guarded with perpendicular bars, and adorned with a mantled gules, doubled, or, is this crest."

Adjective
  1. 1
    prudent wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of guard form-of, participle, past

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