guarded

Adjective
Synonyms: restrained

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. prudent“guarded optimism”Synonyms: restrained
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Guard \Guard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gurding.] [OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG. wart?n to be on the watch, await, G. marten. See Ward, v. & n., and cf. Guard, n.]

1.To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for. [1913 Webster]

For Heaven still guards the right.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. [1913 Webster]

3.To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.

The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

4.To fasten by binding; to gird. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Syn: To defend; protect; shield; keep; watch. [1913 Webster]

Guarded \Guard"ed\, a. Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. -- Guard"edly, adv. -- Guard"ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
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