[ UK /ɡˈɑːdɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɑɹdəd, ˈɡɑɹdɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. prudent
    guarded optimism
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How To Use guarded In A Sentence

  • The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
  • Connection is here something both yearned for and guarded against. The Times Literary Supplement
  • I took a moment to read what his mind is thinking, but he quickly guarded his thoughts.
  • Huge crowds are expected to file past the coffin, which will be guarded by a contingent of Gentlemen at Arms and Yeoman of the Guard.
  • There must be a solid hierarchy and system of protection safeguarded by organized crime syndicates or mafia.
  • Many of the events are informal and unscripted, and can afford glimpses of public figures talking unguardedly about their ideas, their life, and their convictions. The Story Behind the Story
  • Due for cuts of up to a third but flood protection safeguarded. The Sun
  • In unguarded moments he says he is just curious. Times, Sunday Times
  • His demeanor, though somewhat guarded, is more small-town high school football star than newly minted teen heartthrob. TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 18TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
  • We may then sum up by saying that Lord Byron generally established on an impregnable rock, guarded by unbending principles, those great virtues to which principles are essential; but that, after making these treasures secure -- for treasures they are to the man of honor and worth -- once having placed them beyond the reach of sensibility and sentiment, he may sometimes have allowed the _lesser virtues_ (within ordinary bonds) such indulgence as flowed from his kindly nature, and such as his youth rendered natural to a feeling heart and ardent imagination. Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English
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