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LEERY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: suspicious, wary; often used with of leery of strangers; She seemed a little leery of the proposal. www.merriam-webster.com
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LEERY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it if possible: I've always been a little leery of authority figures. dictionary.cambridge.org
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166 Synonyms & Antonyms for LEERY | Thesaurus.com
leery · careful · cautious · distrustful · dubious · skeptical · uncertain · unsure · wary. Weak matches. chary · doubting · on one's guard · shy. Did You Know? www.thesaurus.com
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leery
▪ I. leery, a.1 Obs. exc. dial. (ˈlɪərɪ) Forms: 7 leirey, 8–9 leary, leery, 9 lairy. [f. leer a.1 + -y1.] = leer a.1 in various senses. (In quot. 1676 = containing empty spaces or hollows.)1676 J. Beaumont in Phil. Trans. XI. 734 These Stones are generally found in Leirey places (as they call it) th... Oxford English Dictionary
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leery, adj.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the adjective leery is in the late 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for leery is from 1676, in the writing of Joseph Beaumont, poet and ... www.oed.com
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leery - Dictionary Checker - Scrabble Word Finder
1. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: {leery}, {mistrustful}, {suspicious}, {untrusting}, {wary}] scrabblewordfinder.org
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Dawson Leery
Dawson Wade Leery (born March 14, 1983) is the titular protagonist from the WB television drama Dawson's Creek. Fictional biography Background Dawson is the first child and only son of Mitch Leery and his college sweetheart, Gail Leery. wikipedia.org
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LEERY Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective · wary; suspicious (usually followed byof ). I'm leery of his financial advice. · Archaic., knowing; alert. leery. 2. [leer ... www.dictionary.com
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Leery - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Being leery is being distrustful. If you're leery, it will probably show on your face and in your posture. You may squint and wrinkle your brows or take a few ... www.vocabulary.com
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LEARY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
adjective. less common spelling of leery. : suspicious, wary. —often used with of. leery of strangers. She seemed a little leery of the proposal. www.merriam-webster.com
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wary / weary / leery | Common Errors in English Usage and More
People sometimes write “weary” (tired) when they mean “wary” (cautious) which is a close synonym with “leery” which in the psychedelic era was often misspelled ... brians.wsu.edu
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Leary and Leery | Meaning, Examples & Difference | Promova
1. Both leary and leery are adjectives that mean 'skeptical, cautious, or suspicious'. 2. There is no difference since both spelling are correct ... promova.com
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leery
leery/ˈlɪərɪ; `lɪrɪ/ adj[pred 作表语]~ (of sb/sth) (infml 口) wary; suspicious 机警; 怀疑 I tend to be a bit leery of cut-price `bargains'. 我对减价商品有点戒心. 牛津英汉双解词典
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St. Johns neighbors leery of potential BottleDrop center at ...
14 hours ago — The empty, partially burned former Dollar Tree covered in graffiti along North Lombard Street is the planned location for the Oregon ...
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Mary-Margaret Humes
Humes later began working as a television actress, appearing in a more than 50 shows, most notable playing Gail Leery, the title character's mother in From 1998 to 2003, Humes starred as Gail Leery, the mother of title character in the WB drama series Dawson's Creek. wikipedia.org
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