"I wouldn't put it quite like that," said Dale guardedly.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
But the story of Mrs. So-and-so's indiscretion while still Miss Such-and-such must be talked of more guardedly.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
He took no one fully into his confidence," Ramon Hamilton replied guardedly.
"The Crevice"
William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander