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Definition of leery in English: leeryadjectiveleeriest, leerier ˈlɪəriˈlɪri informal Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions. （因怀疑而）小心翼翼的 a city leery of gang violence 对团伙暴力犯罪很警觉的城市。 Example sentencesExamples - But the candidate was set in his ways, and his people were leery of tampering with his approach so late in the game.
- And, as we mentioned in the article you read, be leery of any company that asks for money up-front.
- They're a little leery of actually trying to amend the Constitution.
- Businesses were a little leery, understandably, about investing and adding jobs.
- This surprises me for I've always thought of him as an exacting craftsman and, therefore, leery of artistic pretensions.
- I've become leery of such statements, because I've heard them so many times.
- On the downside Craig is famously leery of publicity.
- I am leery of superlatives but am not inclined to argue with that.
- Range managers in Utah are now leery about gardening wild mountains.
- It's therefore reasonable for me to be leery of liberals in general.
- We were a little leery about renting a car, having never driven on Bulgarian highways, but our fears were misplaced.
- Fazal Majid also has another good point, one that so far has kept me leery of purchasing music online.
- He's also leery of reserve land being developed in such a way.
- I often feel this way when a book is turned into a movie - leery of having the images in my mind mixed with those on a big screen.
- Before the practice took hold, some news directors, fearing pranks, were leery of airing amateur video.
- The market turmoil and lack of good financial knowledge has made them leery of equities.
- He is a hard worker but many of his coworkers are leery of him.
- I was a little bit wary or a little bit leery because he had to pick the gun up and put it in the bag, so of course I was watching what he was doing.
- All of this anecdotal evidence has made me leery of the concept.
- Personally, I find the Independent so poor these days, that I'd very leery of accepting any conclusions from an article therein.
Synonyms cautious, careful, circumspect, on one's guard, chary, alert, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, prudent wary, cautious, careful, guarded, chary, suspicious, distrustful, mistrusting, dubious, sceptical
Derivativesnoun informal I share Davies' leeriness with regard to management consultants. Example sentencesExamples - It's the leeriness that puts them ahead, I think.
- I could see the leeriness in their eyes as Lisa informed them that I would be staying with them for a few days, but the tension soon dissipated as I told them more about myself.
- Also implied here is an understandable leeriness on Bartov's part of the possibility that such art draws on the power of the Holocaust merely to energize itself and its forms.
- Phoenix and New Hampshire prosecutors have, at least, overcome their leeriness at even charging bishops or cardinals.
OriginLate 17th century: from obsolete leer 'looking askance', from leer1 + -y1. Rhymesbeery, bleary, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary Definition of leery in US English: leeryadjectiveˈlɪriˈlirē informal Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions. （因怀疑而）小心翼翼的 a city leery of gang violence 对团伙暴力犯罪很警觉的城市。 Example sentencesExamples - Fazal Majid also has another good point, one that so far has kept me leery of purchasing music online.
- But the candidate was set in his ways, and his people were leery of tampering with his approach so late in the game.
- Range managers in Utah are now leery about gardening wild mountains.
- I often feel this way when a book is turned into a movie - leery of having the images in my mind mixed with those on a big screen.
- Personally, I find the Independent so poor these days, that I'd very leery of accepting any conclusions from an article therein.
- They're a little leery of actually trying to amend the Constitution.
- Before the practice took hold, some news directors, fearing pranks, were leery of airing amateur video.
- All of this anecdotal evidence has made me leery of the concept.
- It's therefore reasonable for me to be leery of liberals in general.
- This surprises me for I've always thought of him as an exacting craftsman and, therefore, leery of artistic pretensions.
- We were a little leery about renting a car, having never driven on Bulgarian highways, but our fears were misplaced.
- He's also leery of reserve land being developed in such a way.
- He is a hard worker but many of his coworkers are leery of him.
- Businesses were a little leery, understandably, about investing and adding jobs.
- The market turmoil and lack of good financial knowledge has made them leery of equities.
- And, as we mentioned in the article you read, be leery of any company that asks for money up-front.
- I was a little bit wary or a little bit leery because he had to pick the gun up and put it in the bag, so of course I was watching what he was doing.
- On the downside Craig is famously leery of publicity.
- I've become leery of such statements, because I've heard them so many times.
- I am leery of superlatives but am not inclined to argue with that.
Synonyms cautious, careful, circumspect, on one's guard, chary, alert, on the alert, on the lookout, on the qui vive, prudent wary, cautious, careful, guarded, chary, suspicious, distrustful, mistrusting, dubious, sceptical
OriginLate 17th century: from obsolete leer ‘looking askance’, from leer + -y. |