guarded
gor duhd
- v to keep watch over
- v watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
- v protect against a challenge or attack
- v take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
- s prudent
guarded optimism
- As usual, the Atomic Energy Commission released only a few guarded bits of information.
- He traveled with Kim to public events and guarded him at some of the eight residences he has outside Pyongyang, one for every province in North Korea.
- In that guarded pledge may lie the first sign that after nearly two years of fighting, parts of the insurgency in Iraq are prepared to talk and move toward putting away their arms .