warily
"warily" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“warily” is uncommon English (frequency #60,558 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,558
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-warily · warily · English
warily · rank #60,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,558
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH warding
Nearest frequency peer: warding (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “warily”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Visalia
Visalia
39,448 corpus weight
- warding
warding
39,444 corpus weight
- warily
warily
39,443 corpus weight
- warr
warr
39,442 corpus weight
- Wausau
Wausau
39,440 corpus weight
- wavelet
wavelet
39,439 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “warily” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | warily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “warily” in English
Rare enough to double-check
warily is uncommon English at frequency #60,558 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for warily, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wary + -ly. The correct English form is warily, spelled W-A-R-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a careful and guarded manner, especially to avoid potential danger or harm.
- 2Without trust; in a manner showing a lack of trust.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how warily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She walked through the dark alley, warily glancing around to make sure she wasn't being followed.
That her little Tarzan could destroy a great bull gorilla she knew to be improbable, and so, as she neared the spot from which the sounds of the struggle had come, she moved more warily and at last slowly and with extreme caution she traversed the lowest branches, peering eagerly into the moon- splashed blackness for a sign of the combatants.
Etymology
From wary + -ly.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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