- leery⇄adv. leerily.
- leery⇄leery (1), adjective, leerier,leeriest.
(Informal.)
1. suspicious; wary; doubtful.
Ex. We are leery of his advice.
2. sly; wide-awake; knowing.
Ex. You're a very leery cove, by the look of you (Arthur Conan Doyle).
A - leery⇄leery (2), adjective.
(Dialect.) leer; empty. - leery⇄noun leeriness.