wariest
SayWAIR-ee-istUS/ˈwɛɚ.i.ɪst/UK/ˈwɛə.ɹi.ɪst/AUS/ˈweːɹiɪst/
- 1Superlative form of wary: most wary.
The scam was clever enough to fool the wariest of investors.
Of all the senators, she was the wariest about signing a deal she had not read.
Note
The superlative swaps the y of wary for i before -est, and it often comes in the frame the wariest of followed by a plural: the wariest of investors, the wariest of buyers. That construction stresses how cautious the person must be for the point to land. Most wary is an accepted alternative, and the form should not be mistaken for weariest, the most tired.
wariest is a form of wary
wary, adjective: Alert to danger and on guard against deception or trickery; cautious in a suspicious way. Full entry
- Spelling
- wary → wariest: change y to i, add -est
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