Definitions for leery
ˈlɪər ilee·ry

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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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1. leery

   Leery is an adjective used to describe someone who is cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions or lack of trust. It often suggests a prudent skepticism or suspicion of a situation, person or outcome that could potentially be dangerous or unreliable.

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1. Rylee

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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. 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.

2. James Abts:

   I really don't like this electronic stuff because it can be hacked. Where does the information go ? i'm just a little leery, that's all.

3. Jeff Tjornehoj:

   Retail investors have been leery about equity for some time, they want to see a sustained rally.

4. 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.

5. Jeffrey Kargel:

   I am leery of attributing everything bad in nature to climate change, sorting out what's specifically due to climate change and what's not is a difficult and sometimes impossible task. That said, it's clear climate is changing all over the world, including in Nepal.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=leery
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leery
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=leery