The meaning of LEERY is suspicious, wary —often used with of. How to use leery in a sentence.

When you are suspicious, uneasy, mistrustful, or wary of someone or something, you might also be leery. Or is it leary? Both spellings would be pronounced identically, which makes it difficult to remember which is correct.

LEERY definition: 1. not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it if possible: 2. not…. Learn more.

You can use the adjective leery to describe someone who's suspicious of a person or situation. After his brother came out with bald spots and uneven patches of buzz-cut hair, he was leery of having the same barber get near his own head.

If someone looks or smiles at you in a leery way, they look or smile at you in an unpleasant way, usually because they are sexually interested in you.

leery (of something/somebody) | leery (of doing something) careful about something/somebody because you suspect that there may be a danger or problem, and trying to avoid doing it or dealing with them synonym wary. The government is leery of changing the current law.

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LEERY meaning: worried and not able to trust someone: . Learn more.

LEERY definition: knowing or sly | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English

LEERY meaning: 1. not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it if possible: 2. not…. Learn more.