Leery

Adjective

 * 1) Cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.
 * Since he was bitten by a dog when he was young, he has always been leery of animals.

Adverbs for Leery
slightly; altogether; artfully; cunningly; trickily; warily; guardedly; cleverly; suspiciously; diplomatically; strategically; cautiously; prudently; deliberately; discreetly; coolly; habitually; cannily; charily; politically; vigilantly; dependably; uncommonly; carefully.

Thesaurus
Pyrrhonic, agnostic, cagey, careful, cautious, chary, disinclined to believe, disposed to doubt, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, from Missouri, guarded, hard of belief, impervious to persuasion, in doubt, inconvincible, incredulous, mistrustful, mistrusting, questioning, sceptical, scrupulous, shy, shy of belief, skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, uncertain, unconvincible, uncredulous, unpersuadable, unpersuasible, untrusting, unwilling to accept, wary

Etymology
1718, "untrustful, suspicious", either from, or from dialectal lere:,. More at,.

Translations

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Anagrams

 * Rylee