leery

leer y |ˈli (ə )rē ˈlɪri | ▶adjective ( leerier, leeriest ) informal cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions: a city leery of gang violence. DERIVATIVES leer i ness noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from obsolete leer ‘looking askance, ’ from leer + -y 1 .

leery

leery |ˈlɪəri | ▶adjective ( leerier, leeriest ) informal cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions: a city leery of gang violence. DERIVATIVES leeriness noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from obsolete leer ‘looking askance ’, from leer 1 + -y 1 .

leery

leery adjective be leery of these slick salesmen: wary, cautious, careful, guarded, chary, suspicious, distrustful; worried, anxious, apprehensive, hesitant, uncertain.

leery

leery adjective informal he was a bit leery of her from the buffeting she'd given him earlier. See wary.

leery

leer y /lɪ́ ə ri /形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠〖通例be ～〗 «…に » 用心して «of , about » .