4
wakeful(adjective, keen, alert, careful, attentive)
4
wise(adjective, reasonable, smart, sensible, delicate)
4
worried(adjective, tense, uneasy, bothered)
3
bourgeois(adjective, moderate, conventional, timid, traditional)
3
cagy
3
conscious(adjective, modest, humble, careful, thoughtful)
3
considered(adjective, calm, soft, reasonable, gentle)
3
cool(adjective, calm, close, quiet, soft)
3
creeping
3
discerning(adjective, sensible, sensitive, wise, practical)
3
doubtful
3
doubting(adjective, uncertain, suspicious, wary, watchful)
3
forward-thinking
3
hesitating(adjective, uncertain, unenthusiastic, unwilling, disinclined)
3
jealous(suspicious, wary, mistrustful, distrustful)
3
measured(adjective, calm, soft, reasonable, gentle)
3
mistrustful(adjective, suspicious, wary, watchful, distrustful)
3
observing(adjective, kind, friendly, careful, caring)
3
precise(adjective, careful, refined, wary, scrupulous)
3
preventive(adjective, alert, careful, attentive, protective)
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