leery
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adjective \ˈlir-ē\Definition of LEERY
: suspicious, wary —often used with of <leery of strangers>
See Variants of LEERY
leery also leary \ˈlir-ē\
Examples of LEERY
- They were leery of their neighbors.
First Known Use of LEERY
1896
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