The meaning of LEERY is suspicious, wary —often used with of. How to use leery in a sentence.

LEERY definition: 1. not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it if possible: 2. not…. Learn more.

You can use the adjective leery to describe someone who's suspicious of a person or situation. After his brother came out with bald spots and uneven patches of buzz-cut hair, he was leery of having the same barber get near his own head.

If someone looks or smiles at you in a leery way, they look or smile at you in an unpleasant way, usually because they are sexually interested in you.

leery (of something/somebody) | leery (of doing something) careful about something/somebody because you suspect that there may be a danger or problem, and trying to avoid doing it or dealing with them synonym wary. The government is leery of changing the current law.

Define leery. leery synonyms, leery pronunciation, leery translation, English dictionary definition of leery. adj. leer·i·er , leer·i·est Suspicious or distrustful; wary: was leery of aggressive salespeople. leer′i·ly adv. leer′i·ness n. American Heritage®...

Synonyms for LEERY: wary, cautious, skeptical, careful, suspicious, puzzled, hesitant, unsure; Antonyms of LEERY: naive, naïve, unsophisticated, confident, sure, certain, green, positive

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I've gotten more leery of the media. (Definition of leery from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of leery

LEERY meaning: 1. not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it if possible: 2. not…. Learn more.