leeryadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈlɪəri/, U.S.

/ˈlɪri/

Forms: 1600s leirey, 1700s–1800s leary, leery, 1800s lairy.

Etymology: < leer adj.¹ + -y suffix¹.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

= leer adj.¹ in various senses. (In quot. 1676 = containing empty spaces or hollows.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > full of cavities

leery1676

bladdery1798

vuggy1864

mouseholed1967

1676 J. Beaumont in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 734 These Stones are generally found in Leirey places (as they call it) that is, Cavernous.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Leary, empty. Dorsetsh.

1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms W. Devonshire in Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 328 Lear or Leary, empty; as an unloaded cart or waggon.

1874 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 372 My cart goes ‘leery’ (= empty) to fetch coals.

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xx. 257 I've been strolling in the Walks and churchyard, father, till I feel quite leery.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvii. 220 And he so leery and tired that 'a didn't know what to do.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

leeryadj.²

Brit.

/ˈlɪəri/, U.S.

/ˈlɪri/

Forms: Also 1800s leary.

Etymology: ? < leer adj.² + -y suffix¹.

slang.

a. Wide-awake, knowing, ‘fly’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > astute

oldOE

witterc1100

pratc1175

smeighc1200

fellc1300

yap13..

far-castinga1387

parlousc1390

advisee?a1400

politic?a1439

astucec1550

political1577

astute1611

knowing1664

shrewda1684

sharp1697

leery1718

peery1721

fly1811

canny1816

flash1818

astucious1823

varmint1829

chickaleary1839

wide1879

snide1883

varminty1907

crazy like (or as) a fox1935

1718 C. Hitchin Regulator 20 The Cull is leery, alias the Man is shy.

1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Leery, on one's guard.

1817 Sporting Mag. 1 118 Frequently dropping their hands when at leary distance.

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 185 Leary, synonymous with fly.

1820 Sporting Mag. 6 80 It was evident to the leary ones that his condition was bad.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 46 The president..who is generally the most cheeky, leary, downy cove they can tumble to.

1882 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude iii. 71 A ‘leary look’, in which fear, defiance and cunning are mixed up together.

1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 2 Jan. 1/2 The deep earth bank from a hole in which a leary water rat peeps upward at the terrier.

1893 Oxf. Mag. 24 May 382/2 The leery lawyer simply stepped inside.

b. Originally U.S. Doubtful, suspicious (about, of). Cf. lairy adj.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective]

ortrowOE

truthlessa1200

untristc1374

mistrusty?a1425

overtrowinga1425

diffidenta1460

in suspicion1471

suspicionous1474

suspectious1521

mistrustful1529

surmising1535

distrusting1549

trustless?1550

mistrusting1552

misgiving1567

suspectfula1586

misdoubtful1596

distrustfula1600

shy1600

misdoubting1601

scrupulous1608

jealousa1616

umbratiousa1639

inconfident1667

suspecting1691

unconfiding1820

untrusting1861

defiant1872

leery1896

suspicionful1911

hincty1929

1896 G. Ade Artie iii. 29 The old lady's a little leary of me, but I can win her all right.

1896 G. Ade Artie xii. 105 I'm leary of it.

1905 Dial. Notes 3 63 He is leery of book agents.

1909 R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 122 I was rather leery about Jabez.

1923 L. J. Vance Baroque vi. 56 If you hadn't..made me leary that maybe you'd tip your friends off.

1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xx. 165 The Surrealists discovered that they were not, in fact, Communists and that Moscow was leery of their antics.

1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xii. 123 I was leery of any man who could throw those things back at me in a quarrel.

1960 B. Crump Good Keen Man 113 Harry didn't entirely agree with my suggestion that [my dog] Flynn was probably a bit leery of boars since the one that ‘killed’ him at Maran.

1965 Listener 9 Sept. 391/3 I am..leary of theatrical revivalism.

1966 Economist 5 Feb. 489/1 At first, centre voters may be fed up with the government in power, but they are leery of voting for the other side, so they stop halfway and vote Liberal.

1969 Southerly 29 9 Leery though I am of Greeks, Sophocles sums up my preoccupations effectively.

1970 New Yorker 10 Oct. 174/2 Many tennis authorities have been a little leery about placing her on a level with Lenglen.

1971 W. H. Auden Academic Graffiti 19 The Geheimrat in Goethe Made him all the curter With Leute who were leery Of his Colour Theory.

1973 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 22 Aug. 28/1 The Braunlichs will also tell you that, sad as it is, middle America is leery of things it gets for free.

2. U.S. slang. Careful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective]

busyOE

carefula1000

orne?c1225

intentivec1290

soignous1340

curiousc1386

diligentc1400

well-advisedc1405

thoughtfulc1450

thoughtyc1480

keepful1489

tentfula1525

respective1525

solicit?1526

heedful1548

heedy1548

tentyc1555

chare1564

respectful1585

tentible1603

solicitous1610

observant1627

care-taking1825

leery1911

1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xii. 300 But be leery that we don't get stuck for non-performance.

Derivatives

ˈleerily adv. in a leery manner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb]

foxlyc1175

craftilyc1225

craftlyc1225

slylyc1275

fellyc1300

quaintc1300

quaintlyc1325

sleightlyc1330

subtly1340

sly1370

espyinglya1382

wisely1390

wililya1400

wilyc1400

subtilelyc1405

ginnouslya1425

semylyc1440

serpentlya1450

small?c1450

cautelously1477

politicly1477

sleightfullyc1480

artificiously1536

insidiously1545

sleightily1549

artificially1566

cunningly1603

versutely1616

artfully1631

subdolously1638

serpentinely1656

slimlya1680

pawkily1714

politically1764

trickfullyc1790

trickishly1824

leerily1859

dodgily1868

trickily1895

foxily1933

1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home xix. 242 No, you very leerily managed to make the other fellow shoot him.

Draft additions 1997

ˈleeriness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun]

wareness971

warelinessc1000

warningc1000

beseeing1340

cautel1531

warefulness1548

wariness1552

chariness1571

circumspectness1581

circumspection1598

warisomeness1607

guard1609

cautionateness1619

cautelousnessa1624

cautiona1639

cautiousness1649

guardedness1807

cacannyness1917

pussy-footedness1917

pussyfooting1956

leeriness1961

1961 in N. Webster

1976 Aviation Week 16 Aug. 35/1 The present leeriness of lenders toward the airlines would be accentuated by..deregulation.

1991 R. Brookhiser Way of WASP iii. 32 The English..are also suspicious of ambition, but the social origin of their leeriness is rather different.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	leery
释义	leeryadj.¹ Brit. /ˈlɪəri/, U.S. /ˈlɪri/ Forms: 1600s leirey, 1700s–1800s leary, leery, 1800s lairy. Etymology: < leer adj.¹ + -y suffix¹. Obsolete exc. dialect. = leer adj.¹ in various senses. (In quot. 1676 = containing empty spaces or hollows.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective] > full of cavities leery1676 bladdery1798 vuggy1864 mouseholed1967 1676 J. Beaumont in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 734 These Stones are generally found in Leirey places (as they call it) that is, Cavernous. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Leary, empty. Dorsetsh. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms W. Devonshire in Rural Econ. W. Eng. I. 328 Lear or Leary, empty; as an unloaded cart or waggon. 1874 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 372 My cart goes ‘leery’ (= empty) to fetch coals. 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge I. xx. 257 I've been strolling in the Walks and churchyard, father, till I feel quite leery. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xvii. 220 And he so leery and tired that 'a didn't know what to do. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). leeryadj.² Brit. /ˈlɪəri/, U.S. /ˈlɪri/ Forms: Also 1800s leary. Etymology: ? < leer adj.² + -y suffix¹. slang. 1. a. Wide-awake, knowing, ‘fly’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > astute oldOE witterc1100 pratc1175 smeighc1200 fellc1300 yap13.. far-castinga1387 parlousc1390 advisee?a1400 politic?a1439 astucec1550 political1577 astute1611 knowing1664 shrewda1684 sharp1697 leery1718 peery1721 fly1811 canny1816 flash1818 astucious1823 varmint1829 chickaleary1839 wide1879 snide1883 varminty1907 crazy like (or as) a fox1935 1718 C. Hitchin Regulator 20 The Cull is leery, alias the Man is shy. 1796 Grose's Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 3) Leery, on one's guard. 1817 Sporting Mag. 1 118 Frequently dropping their hands when at leary distance. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 185 Leary, synonymous with fly. 1820 Sporting Mag. 6 80 It was evident to the leary ones that his condition was bad. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 46 The president..who is generally the most cheeky, leary, downy cove they can tumble to. 1882 W. H. Thomson Five Years' Penal Servitude iii. 71 A ‘leary look’, in which fear, defiance and cunning are mixed up together. 1885 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 2 Jan. 1/2 The deep earth bank from a hole in which a leary water rat peeps upward at the terrier. 1893 Oxf. Mag. 24 May 382/2 The leery lawyer simply stepped inside. b. Originally U.S. Doubtful, suspicious (about, of). Cf. lairy adj.² ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] ortrowOE truthlessa1200 untristc1374 mistrusty?a1425 overtrowinga1425 diffidenta1460 in suspicion1471 suspicionous1474 suspectious1521 mistrustful1529 surmising1535 distrusting1549 trustless?1550 mistrusting1552 misgiving1567 suspectfula1586 misdoubtful1596 distrustfula1600 shy1600 misdoubting1601 scrupulous1608 jealousa1616 umbratiousa1639 inconfident1667 suspecting1691 unconfiding1820 untrusting1861 defiant1872 leery1896 suspicionful1911 hincty1929 1896 G. Ade Artie iii. 29 The old lady's a little leary of me, but I can win her all right. 1896 G. Ade Artie xii. 105 I'm leary of it. 1905 Dial. Notes 3 63 He is leery of book agents. 1909 R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 122 I was rather leery about Jabez. 1923 L. J. Vance Baroque vi. 56 If you hadn't..made me leary that maybe you'd tip your friends off. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xx. 165 The Surrealists discovered that they were not, in fact, Communists and that Moscow was leery of their antics. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xii. 123 I was leery of any man who could throw those things back at me in a quarrel. 1960 B. Crump Good Keen Man 113 Harry didn't entirely agree with my suggestion that [my dog] Flynn was probably a bit leery of boars since the one that ‘killed’ him at Maran. 1965 Listener 9 Sept. 391/3 I am..leary of theatrical revivalism. 1966 Economist 5 Feb. 489/1 At first, centre voters may be fed up with the government in power, but they are leery of voting for the other side, so they stop halfway and vote Liberal. 1969 Southerly 29 9 Leery though I am of Greeks, Sophocles sums up my preoccupations effectively. 1970 New Yorker 10 Oct. 174/2 Many tennis authorities have been a little leery about placing her on a level with Lenglen. 1971 W. H. Auden Academic Graffiti 19 The Geheimrat in Goethe Made him all the curter With Leute who were leery Of his Colour Theory. 1973 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 22 Aug. 28/1 The Braunlichs will also tell you that, sad as it is, middle America is leery of things it gets for free. 2. U.S. slang. Careful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adjective] busyOE carefula1000 orne?c1225 intentivec1290 soignous1340 curiousc1386 diligentc1400 well-advisedc1405 thoughtfulc1450 thoughtyc1480 keepful1489 tentfula1525 respective1525 solicit?1526 heedful1548 heedy1548 tentyc1555 chare1564 respectful1585 tentible1603 solicitous1610 observant1627 care-taking1825 leery1911 1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xii. 300 But be leery that we don't get stuck for non-performance. Derivatives ˈleerily adv. in a leery manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] foxlyc1175 craftilyc1225 craftlyc1225 slylyc1275 fellyc1300 quaintc1300 quaintlyc1325 sleightlyc1330 subtly1340 sly1370 espyinglya1382 wisely1390 wililya1400 wilyc1400 subtilelyc1405 ginnouslya1425 semylyc1440 serpentlya1450 small?c1450 cautelously1477 politicly1477 sleightfullyc1480 artificiously1536 insidiously1545 sleightily1549 artificially1566 cunningly1603 versutely1616 artfully1631 subdolously1638 serpentinely1656 slimlya1680 pawkily1714 politically1764 trickfullyc1790 trickishly1824 leerily1859 dodgily1868 trickily1895 foxily1933 1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home xix. 242 No, you very leerily managed to make the other fellow shoot him. Draft additions 1997 ˈleeriness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] wareness971 warelinessc1000 warningc1000 beseeing1340 cautel1531 warefulness1548 wariness1552 chariness1571 circumspectness1581 circumspection1598 warisomeness1607 guard1609 cautionateness1619 cautelousnessa1624 cautiona1639 cautiousness1649 guardedness1807 cacannyness1917 pussy-footedness1917 pussyfooting1956 leeriness1961 1961 in N. Webster 1976 Aviation Week 16 Aug. 35/1 The present leeriness of lenders toward the airlines would be accentuated by..deregulation. 1991 R. Brookhiser Way of WASP iii. 32 The English..are also suspicious of ambition, but the social origin of their leeriness is rather different. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.¹1676adj.²1718
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