leery (redirected from leeriness)

leer·y  (lîr)

adj. leer·i·er, leer·i·est

Suspicious or distrustful; wary: was leery of aggressive salespeople.

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leeri·ly adv.

leeri·ness n.

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leery, leary [ˈlɪərɪ]

adj leerier, leeriest, learier leariest

1. Now chiefly dialect knowing or sly

2. Slang (foll by of) suspicious or wary

3. Slang rowdy or boisterous

[perhaps from obsolete sense (to look askance) of leer]

leeriness , leariness n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

leery - openly distrustful and unwilling to confide mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary distrustful - having or showing distrust; "a man of distrustful nature"; "my experience...in other fields of law has made me distrustful of rules of thumb generally"- B.N.Cardozo; "vigilant and distrustful superintendence"- Thomas Jefferson

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leery

adjective (Slang) wary, cautious, uncertain, suspicious, doubting, careful, shy, sceptical, dubious, unsure, distrustful, on your guard, chary They are leery of the proposed system.

Translations

leery [ˈlɪərɪ] ADJ (= cautious) → cauteloso; (= suspicious) → receloso
to be leery of sth/sb → recelar de algo/algn

leery

adj (inf) → misstrauisch; I’m a bit leery of him → ich traue ihm nicht so recht

leery [ˈlɪərɪ] adj to be leery of (fam) → essere sospettoso/a di

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leery [ˈlɪərɪ] adj to be leery of (fam) → essere sospettoso/a di