What does leery mean?

Definitions for leery
ˈlɪər ilee·ry

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word leery.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, waryadjective

    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

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  1. leeryadjective

    Cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of leery in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of leery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of leery in a Sentence

  1. Solomon Lartey:

    I guess they didn't want to get it out, when( chief of staff John) Kelly came in, they were leery of the leaks.

  2. Nicole Meier:

    If its summertime and that deer has been sitting on the highway lets just say for more than like 10 or 15 minutes I would be super leery of it.

  3. Mark Thompson:

    We tend to be quite leery about the idea of almost habituating people to find our journalism somewhere else, we're also generically worried about our journalism being scrambled in a kind of Magimix (blender) with everyone else's journalism.

  4. Jim Marren:

    I think she kind of feels like she’s an elitist. She can get by with these things, it doesn’t ring right to me. You know, it kind of makes me a little leery about how trustworthy is she gonna be as a president?

  5. Michael Szanto:

    We need to protect our farmers by not needlessly starting a trade war that’s too aggressive of a policy that’s going to cause a backlash for our farmers, now, it is possible that both sides will back down on this and this is not to say that the United States should not do anything [but] generally as an economist I am very leery of tariffs interfering with free trade.

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