guarded

adjective4

1. •
   Watched over; supervised.
2. •
   Cautious; restrained.

   • The employees reacted with guarded optimism to the new agreement reached by their trade union.
3. •
   A good outcome has fair odds of happening but close monitoring is important because odds of deterioration are not low.

   • prognosis is guarded
4. •
   Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau).

   • On the helmet , which is of gold, affrontee, guarded with perpendicular bars, and adorned with a mantled gules, doubled, or, is this crest. — 1819