'Guarded' definitions:

Definition of 'guarded'

From: WordNet
adjective
Prudent; "guarded optimism" [syn: guarded, restrained]

Definition of 'Guarded'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Guarded'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'guarded'

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