wary hair

**user_gary** · 31-Jan-2007, 02:06

His thick black wary hair fell into his laughing eyes.

What is the meaning of `wary hair' here?

Please explain it.

**rancher247** · 31-Jan-2007, 03:43

Are you sure you didn't mistype wavy?
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Wavy hair is a hair style in between curly and straight.

**BobK** · 31-Jan-2007, 09:45

Or I suppose it might have been a 'wary hare'

b

**Anglika** · 31-Jan-2007, 16:44

Or possibly "wiry hair"

**queenbu** · 31-Jan-2007, 16:55

Originally Posted by BobK

Or I suppose it might have been a 'wary hare'

b

Would that make sense in the given sentence?

**Philly** · 31-Jan-2007, 17:35

Originally Posted by queenbu

Would that make sense in the given sentence?

No, it wouldn't. (If I'm not mistaken, there's a bit of dry humor there.

)
.
Bob makes a good point, though. A hare can be wary and a hair can't.

**queenbu** · 31-Jan-2007, 17:58

there's a bit of dry humor there......
OK. It was the

that got me. I would have expected a

.

**BobK** · 31-Jan-2007, 20:21

Originally Posted by queenbu

there's a bit of dry humor there......
OK. It was the

that got me. I would have expected a

.

That was my deadpan humour face - sorry if it wasn't clear. I guess it's an extremely unlikely context, but a hare in such a precarious position would probably be wary.

(joke)

b

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