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Meanings of leery in English
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide.
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Examples for "suspicious"
Examples for "suspicious"
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Mr Ross said police wanted to hear of any other suspicious activity.
2
A former Nauru justice minister says a planned constitutional change is suspicious.
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Xavier gave her a suspicious look but allowed the change of subject.
4
Structuring is the suspicious activity that banks most often report to authorities.
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Police have appealed for anyone who saw anything suspicious to come forward.
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Analysts said broader concerns about euro zone debt levels kept investors wary.
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Businesses need to be extra wary at tax time, Mr Wearne said.
3
While many children are wary of animals, some children just love them.
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However, despite emerging data, many surgeons remain wary of computer-assisted orthopedic surgery.
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Confused and wary, Sano nevertheless decided to take advantage of the situation.
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They seem surprised and still mistrustful of finding themselves unharmed and unmolested.
2
Rose's two or three friends were, like herself, mistrustful of the world.
3
Three black dogs with wild, mistrustful eyes kept close to his heels.
4
I should have been more mistrustful; this solution was too simple, too natural.
5
He had changed towards me; he had become very reserved and seemed mistrustful.
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God forbid our professional deceivers should have to feel paranoid and untrusting.
2
The Mogadorians are different than we are, secretive and manipulative, untrusting of almost everything.
3
How do we tackle inequality when the coffers are empty and the electorate untrusting?
4
At first, he had been wary of her, even untrusting.
5
You hate to say anything that sounds hostile or untrusting or small-hearted around him.
Usage of leery in English
1
A good man, Louis thought, but doctors became leery of people fast.
2
They also have reason to be leery of a potential political backlash.
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But you get leery of any kind of mystery in the Deathlands.
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The other few people in the Dunkin' Donuts shot us leery looks.
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Richard liked the idea of having robot assistants, but Nicole was leery.
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The villagers looked leery and eyed Cunningham sideways at each fresh sally.
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Squiffy floral print Surrey matrons v leery nightclub barmen from Shepherd's bush.
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Why hadn't she trusted her gut instincts to be leery of Clark?
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Consumers are also leery of splashing out while unemployment is on the rise.
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Someone had to: The local coal-centric community remained leery of the Lycra-wearing hippies.
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Kraus herself is leery of drawing too heavy a through-line across her work.
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She was very leery of Pete when he first started doing work here.
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Gaborn halted the group again, seemed leery of the path ahead.
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His focus wasn't leery, but at the same time she saw little trust.
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All the local nature spirits are very leery of strangers and strange magic.
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Pascal was leery, the sources said, fearing the film lacked emotion.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common