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leery
leer·y L0100900 (lîr′ē)adj. leer·i·er, leer·i·est Suspicious or distrustful; wary: was leery of aggressive salespeople.
leer′i·ly adv.leer′i·ness n.leery (ˈlɪərɪ) or learyadj, leerier, leeriest, learier or leariest1. chiefly dialect knowing or sly2. slang (foll by of) suspicious or wary3. slang rowdy or boisterous[C18: perhaps from obsolete sense (to look askance) of leer] ˈleeriness, ˈleariness nleer•y (ˈlɪər i)
adj. leer•i•er, leer•i•est. 1. wary; suspicious (usu. fol. by of): I'm leery of his financial advice. 2. Archaic. knowing; alert. [1790–1800] leer′i•ly, adv. leer′i•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  leery - openly distrustful and unwilling to confidemistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, warydistrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson |
leeryadjective (Slang) wary, cautious, uncertain, suspicious, doubting, careful, shy, sceptical, dubious, unsure, distrustful, on your guard, chary They are leery of the proposed system.leeryadjectiveLacking trust or confidence:distrustful, doubting, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting.TranslationsIdiomsSeea little leeryleery
Related to leery: surreptitiously, earnestly, haplessSynonyms for leeryadj warySynonyms- wary
- cautious
- uncertain
- suspicious
- doubting
- careful
- shy
- sceptical
- dubious
- unsure
- distrustful
- on your guard
- chary
Synonyms for leeryadj lacking trust or confidenceSynonyms- distrustful
- doubting
- mistrustful
- suspicious
- untrusting
Synonyms for leeryadj openly distrustful and unwilling to confideSynonyms- mistrustful
- suspicious
- untrusting
- wary
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