guarded
Cautious; restrained.
Example
“The employees reacted with guarded optimism to the new agreement reached by their trade union.”
Other meanings
A good outcome has fair odds of happening but close monitoring is important because odds of deterioration are not low.
Watched over; supervised.
Related words
- guardedly
- guardedness
- guarded rights
- nonguarded
- unguarded
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “guarded” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.