leery in English

adjective

1

cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions.

a city leery of gang violence

synonyms: wary, cautious, careful, guarded, chary, suspicious, distrustful, worried, anxious, apprehensive, hesitant, uncertain

adjective

• wary, cautious, careful, guarded, chary, suspicious, distrustful, worried, anxious, apprehensive, hesitant, uncertain
• suspicious, wary, mistrustful, untrusting

Use "leery" in a sentence

1. He is leery of our proposal.

2. Landlords are often leery of renting to large families.

3. Executives say they are leery of the proposed system.

4. I'm as leery of certain polls as anyone.

5. I think the leery look is hot.

6. The military was leery of the rush to war.

7. 11 Executives say they are leery of the proposed system.

8. The government is leery of changing the current law.

9. I've always been a bit leery of authority figures.

10. The AI will be leery about attacking your armies!

11. They were leery about investing in a company controlled by a single individual.

12. I tend to be a bit leery of cut - price ` bargains '.

13. They leery of unsolicited email attachments, and careful about the web sites they visit.

14. Historically, the U.S. has leery of any Chinese investments in American infrastructure companies, fearing potential espionage.

15. But people who might benefit from genetic tests are almost as leery.

16. I would be very leery of an up day on light volume.

17. He has no credibility. We have to be leery of his proposal.

18. Yields on higher - quality companies are dramatically lower as investors feel less leery about corporate debt.

19. You'd better go through all terms in the contract in leery before you sign it.

20. I was very leery of him after I found out he had lied to Jennifer.

21. I would be leery of committing my company to employ hundreds of Indian workers, sight and skill unseen.

22. 29 I would be leery of committing my company to employ hundreds of Indian workers, sight and skill unseen.

23. Condemnatory •beery, bleary, cheery, dearie, dreary, Dun Laoghaire, eerie, eyrie (US aerie), Kashmiri, leery, peri, praemunire, query, smeary, teary, theory, weary

24. Murky by nature, cybercrime losses are difficult to categorize. That helps keep them hidden from the public eye by companies leery of publicizing breaches in corporate security.

25. The Texans held on to him and now the Allegations cloud the market and could make potential suitors, such as the Jets and Dolphins, leery of dealing for the Pro Bowl quarterback.

26. Grant wrote, "I am sure that the book will be for many years to come the standard treatise on the subject." Although at times leery of Lund's enthusiasm for finding Chiasmus, reviewers also consistently praised Lund for his foresight.