May was leery of the claims the salesman made about the used car.
It means sceptical or distrustful.
well, a sentence with just leery in it would be: Maria used to be scared of the leery man; she always thought that he was suspicious.
Don't be feary, just use leery.
I was leery of the rushing waters, so I crossed the stream elsewhere.
"She hesitated stepping into the friendly crowd, because she was leery of strangers."
Dawson Leery was created in 1998.
In "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, the word "leery" appears in the context of characters being cautious or suspicious about others. One notable sentence is when a character expresses their wariness towards the intentions of another group. This reflects the overarching themes of mistrust and the challenges of navigating the rivalries between the Socs and the Greasers.
No, the word 'leery' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun.The adjective 'leery' is the adjective form of the noun 'leer', a word for a facial expression; a concrete noun.
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Being leery means to be cautious or uncertain about something.
Leery, as in, He was leery of the too-good-to-be-true deals he kept finding on Craigslist.
leery, cheery, beery.
when walking away from something bad I'm trying to wary.