very reluctant to give out information

prudent; " guarded optimism"

of Guard

Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.

Careful; cautious.

Guardedly.

Wary: cautious: uttered with caution.

GUARDEDNESS.

Exhibiting caution; circumspect.

Defended; cautious; circumspect; framed or uttered with caution.

Cautious; framed or uttered with caution.

Her reply was guarded – A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck

After a thing of that kind one is apt to be guarded – A Damaged Reputation by Harold Bindloss

" Have these prisoners closely guarded and bring them here an hour from now," he ordered. – The Boy Allies Under the Sea by Robert L. Drake

Then you think he's badly guarded where he is? – Monsieur Lecoq by Emile Gaboriau

If they can't cross it an' live, how can you cross it, when th' house is guarded – Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford

Such occurrences as those just mentioned, though most important to be remembered and guarded against, hardly attract our notice in the midst of the gloomy facts by which they are surrounded. – The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

Cautiously, and in well- guarded phrase, Blount stated his case. – The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde

Unless the old shaft should be guarded – Down the Slope by James Otis

The sheriff signed for him to open the door he guarded – The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr McCutcheon

Indeed, after we had sat for some time chatting together, Mr. Clark began himself to make guarded inquiries on this very subject. – The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

We rode for some distance in guarded silence. – Notes of a War Correspondent by Richard Harding Davis

After that the case of presents was more carefully guarded – The-Life-of-Phineas-T-Barnum by Benton, Joel

Cautiously the engineer guarded against telling Rafaela that their son had returned. – Their Son; The Necklace by Eduardo Zamacois

The house is well guarded and you will need four or five men. – Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman

All the outer doors are guarded – The Clique of Gold by Emile Gaboriau

They are well guarded of course? – The Boy Allies with Uncle Sams Cruisers by Ensign Robert L. Drake

A wide screen guarded the door on to the platform. – Mr. Waddington of Wyck by May Sinclair

Though Karim looked at him directly, the darkness still guarded his eyes. – The Moghul by Thomas Hoover

This command not being obeyed by the men who guarded the entrance, the dwarf began to abuse them. – Under the Rose by Frederic Stewart Isham

As so guarded the doctrine is, I think, true. – An Introduction to Philosophy by George Stuart Fullerton