leery

adj., -i·er, -i·est.
Suspicious or distrustful; wary: was leery of aggressive salespeople.

leerily leer'i·ly adv.
leeriness leer'i·ness n.

adjective

Lacking trust or confidence: distrustful, doubting, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting. See trust/distrust.

adj

Definition: suspicious
Antonyms: certain, sure, trustful, unwary

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  Synonyms: mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary

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Leery

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fiffig, medvidende, forsigtig, spejdende, mistroisk, smart

Nederlands (Dutch)
sluw, wantrouwend, gewiekst, uitgekookt

Français (French)
adj. - méfiant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mißtrauisch, gerissen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πονηρός (κν. ξεσκολισμένος)

Italiano (Italian)
astuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - astuto, desconfiado

Русский (Russian)
хитрый, недоверчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - suspicaz, receloso, malicioso, astuto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - försiktig, misstänksam, misstrogen, tveksam, osäker, slug, förslagen

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
机敏的, 细心的, 猜疑的, 迟疑的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 機敏的, 細心的, 猜疑的, 遲疑的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 조심스러운 , 교활한, 의심 많은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 疑い深い, 用心深い, 疑って

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حذر, ماكر, خبيث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חשדני, חסר אמון ב-‬

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