D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Guarded

· Guard·ed · IPA /ˈɡɑɹdɪd/
01 a. Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.
  1. 1.
    Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.