Leery
Leery adjective - Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
Softly-softly and leery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Softly-softly" instead an adjective "Leery".
Softly-softly
Leery and softly-softly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leery" instead an adjective phrase "Softly-softly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- prudent and leery
- prudent and softly-softly
- restrained and leery
- restrained and softly-softly
- careful and leery
- careful and softly-softly
- discreet and leery
- discreet and softly-softly
- chary and leery
- chary and softly-softly
- cautious and leery
- cautious and softly-softly
- circumspect and leery
- circumspect and softly-softly
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