- a variation of leery.
leary
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Directorate leaders were leary of Oswald—and they were furious when, only a little later, they saw him passing out “Hands Off Cuba” pamphlets on a New Orleans street corner.
From Time ● May 3, 2016
He said he believes coaches have valid concerns about the process, or the pairings results, but admits he's a little leary of having a committee subjectively seed teams.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2011
Badly burned by Egypt's previous attempts at unions with the mercurial states of Syria and Iraq, he was plainly leary of any binding marriage with either Libya or the Sudan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under present conditions, the West would be leary of this federation.
From Time Magazine Archive
A person would think time was no objic, the way you stick there starin', ain' my poor cheeld leary with hunger afore now—as you, bein' a mother, oft to knaw.
From News from the Duchy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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