Leery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Suspicious or distrustful; wary: was leery of aggressive salespeople.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Knowing; wide-awake; sly: as, the leery man.
  • Empty, in any sense: as, a leery cart; to be leery and tired.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  • Equivalent
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    leerier    leeriest   
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alfieri    Cleary    Erie    Kiri    Leary    beery    bleary    cheery    deary    dreary   
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