charyadjective
uk/ˈtʃeə.ri/us/ˈtʃer.i/uncertain and frightened to take risks, or unwilling to take action:
I'm a bit chary of using a travel agency that doesn't have official registration.
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Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalent
- askance
- be in two minds idiom
- blow hot and cold idiom
- conflicted
- hem and haw idiom
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- indecision
- indecisive
- insecure
- jury
- shilly-shally
- sit on the fence idiom
- straddle
- tentative
- the jury is (still) out idiom
- unclear
- wobble
- wobbly
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Cautious and vigilant
charily
adverb uk/ˈtʃeə.ri.li//ˈtʃer.i.li/
He held his breath and listened charily.