¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guardedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guardedness
Literary usage of Guardedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Three Counsels of the Divine Master for the Conduct of the Spiritual Life by Edward Meyrick Goulburn (1888)
"Now the first point to impress our minds with, in order to the exercise of this
constant guardedness, is the very serious injury ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"... accompanied with a guardedness of expression, bordering almost on duplicity ;
affording those who are observant of men and manners, in the lower walks ..."