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The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that something has a double meaning, don't pause. Don't put on a leery vocal expression if you know what I mean on radio. Don't sort of do anything other than read it.
Humphrey Lyttelton

Meaning of "leery" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEERY

Perhaps from obsolete sense (to look askance) of leer.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEERY

leery  [ˈlɪərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leery is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LEERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leery in the English dictionary

The first definition of leery in the dictionary is knowing or sly. Other definition of leery is suspicious or wary. Leery is also rowdy or boisterous.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEERY


biliary
ˈbɪlɪərɪ
bleary
ˈblɪərɪ
ciliary
ˈsɪlɪərɪ
conciliary
kənˈsɪlɪərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
domiciliary
ˌdɒmɪˈsɪlɪərɪ
enquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
Erie
ˈɪərɪ
evangeliary
ˌɛvənˈdʒɛlɪərɪ
hosiery
ˈhəʊzɪərɪ
inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
lire
ˈlɪərɪ
Neri
ˈnɪərɪ
nobiliary
nəˈbɪlɪərɪ
query
ˈkwɪərɪ
siri
ˈsɪərɪ
subsidiary
səbˈsɪdɪərɪ
superciliary
ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪərɪ
supraciliary
ˌsuːprəˈsɪlɪərɪ
theory
ˈθɪərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEERY

leek
leep
leer
leerier
leerily
leeriness
leering
leeringly
leerist
lees
leet
leetspeak
Leeuwarden
Leeuwenhoek
leeward
Leeward Islands
leewardly
leewards
leeway

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEERY

battery
beery
celery
cheery
delivery
discovery
eery
every
gallery
grocery
imagery
mystery
peery
photo gallery
recovery
sneery
special-delivery
steery
veery
whigmaleery

Synonyms and antonyms of leery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «leery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of leery

Translation of «leery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEERY

Find out the translation of leery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

持怀疑态度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recelosos
570 millions of speakers

English

leery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चालाक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حذرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хитрый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desconfiado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধূর্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méfiant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Curiga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

misstrauisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

疑い深い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tinh ranh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

leery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लबाडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

temkinli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

astuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczwany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хитрий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șmecher
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φιλύποπτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

SLUG
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEERY»

The term «leery» is regularly used and occupies the 71.012 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «leery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «leery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leery

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7 QUOTES WITH «LEERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word leery.
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
I'm leery of legislative solutions to what is morality.
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Sam Harris
While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing and teach it equally well. This is one of the many delusions borne of political correctness.
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William Katt
Audiences can be leery of sequels; the studios make a hit, they see dollar signs, and they make a cheap rip-off.
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Humphrey Lyttelton
The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that something has a double meaning, don't pause. Don't put on a leery vocal expression if you know what I mean on radio. Don't sort of do anything other than read it.
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Jake Owen
At first I was a little leery to just post photos of my little girl all the time and kind of exploit her to the world.
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Thomas Sadoski
I start looking for adjectives in news reporting, and if there are too many of them, if they're all sort of repeatedly designed to influence my thinking in a certain way, I start getting concerned. I'm leery of people trying to paint a picture in a certain way.
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Mike Stoller
I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was far greater than my ability.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEERY»

Discover the use of leery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Harp of Perthshire: A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and ...
A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and Other Poetical Pieces Chiefly by Local Authors Robert Ford. When they had sought frae noon till six, Fim-fam, fiddle- faddle, fum, fizz ! And on nae place their choice could fix, Tig-a-leery, twig-a-leery , bum, ...
Robert Ford, 1893
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Vagabond songs and ballads of Scotland. Ed., with notes, by ...
And, O ! but she got an unco fright, Tig-a-leery, twig-a-leery, bum, bizz ! She entered in, ne'er dreading harm, When in her chamber, snug and warm, The roving pair rang the alarm — "Tig-a-leery, twig-a-leery, bum, bizz !" Jenny Wren, bein' ...
Robert Ford, 1904
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The Slime That Would Not Die #1
But nothing in Riddle rates higher on the weird-o-meter than Leery Castle. It sits at the top of Nerve Mountain, all creepy and quiet, like it's watching me. I'm beginning to think that maybe it is. Leery Castle was built in the early 1900s. The first ...
Laura Dower, 2009
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Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland: With Many Old and ...
And, O ! but she got an unco fright, Tig-a-leery, twig-a-leery, bum, bizz ! She entered in, ne'er dreading harm, When in her chamber, snug and warm, The roving pair rang the alarm — " Tig-a-leery, twig-a-leery, bum, bizz ! " Jenny Wren, bein' ...
Robert Ford, 1901
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Congressional edition
There were two of the constabulary there, but they were nice boys and they didn't meddle; I think they were a little leery of what was going to happen; and I would not let the street car motorman stop to let those men off until he got to a regular ...
United States. Congress, 1916
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Her Own Ranger
"My alias is Leery this week, and that's all you're getting." Leery suddenly yanked on the hull of the crushed boat beneath Adoette's. Both boats rocked in the water. Off balance, Carson grabbed a handrail and made sure the radio stayed ...
Anne Marie Duquette, 2011
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The Beast with 1000 Eyes #3
I got a little concerned because Leery wasn't saying anything. His expression was expressionless. “Walter,” I whispered, “can you get more of a close-up on Leery? What's he doing?” Walter zoomed in. We all let out a little gasp. Leery's face ...
Laura Dower, 2009
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All the Year Round
said Leery, sitting on the table, swinging his legs freely, affecting an unconcern he didn't feel; "it'll not last long." " I don't know what you call loDg," grumbled Cochin dismally. " He said he'd got through only the fifth of an inch to-day, and there's ...
Charles Dickens, 1883
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The Link Persona
The same aliens had long ago abducted Leery who is Alfajet's easygoing yellow relative. Leery was a different person before the aliens' abduction. She was once a straight individual, but her life changed and things went wild right from the ...
J. M. Richard, 2010
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The Delta Star
Just then Leery snapped him out of it. “Achtung, Ludwig! Achtung!” Leery screamed. “Goddamnit, Leery, shut up!” The Bad Czech yelled, trying to hear David Bowie, who was singing about cat people. “You're gettin on my nerves yellin at that ...
Joseph Wambaugh, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Deck envy: Four unusual Omaha designs - Omaha.com: Living
Matthew and Kimberly Hanfland were a little leery when they decided to build a deck again. Last time, the dentist and homemaker got burned ... «Omaha World-Herald, Jul 15»
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It's OK to be a little narcissistic | New York Post
I'm as leery of arrogant, self-involved people as the next person. And some people with narcissistic personality disorder (around 1% of people ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
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Currency markets take back-seat now that Greek risk passes. But …
US data released on Friday did little to disturb a market keeping a leery eye on the prospect of a September Fed Funds hike. The undershoot in ... «Interest.co.nz, Jul 15»
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GED sees big drop in testing - Longview News-Journal - Longview, TX
"Certainly it would open it up to people that are leery of the technology," she said. "I know for a fact we have students that have stated, ... «Longview News-Journal, Jul 15»
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Roots of LRTA rift run deep - Lowell Sun Online
Scanlan is leery about giving up space the LRTA might need in the future. AS THE search for a new UMass Lowell chancellor ramps up, ... «Lowell Sun, Jul 15»
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Small, Medium Manufacturing sector Gets Very Low Share of Private …
But banks are leery in lending here, government quotas aside, because of poor returns and credit worthiness. “Most have very low profitability ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Taiwan Chipmakers Leery of M&A Wave | EE Times
Taiwan Chipmakers Leery of M&A Wave. Consolidation may lead to marginalization. Alan Patterson. 7/17/2015 00:00 AM EDT Post a comment. NO RATINGS. «EE Times, Jul 15»
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Marketers are still leery of Facebook video ads
Even though Facebook is putting an emphasis on video, marketers have concerns about performance metrics and a loose distribution pipeline. «Marketing Dive, Jul 15»
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As Lake Buchanan rises, some leery of releasing water downstream
Since May, Lake Buchanan has risen from 51 percent to 69 percent full, credited, in part, to rainfall in June. Staff photo by Jared Fields. «The River Cities Sunday Tribune, Jul 15»
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Nuclear expert leery of gas pipeline
A nuclear power expert is warning about the dangers of putting a gas pipeline near the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan. «News 12 Westchester, Jul 15»

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