Definition of Leery

suspicious or guarded

Examples of Leery in a sentence

The dog was leery of the man with the large stick.  🔊

If you are leery of going into the old house alone, you should have a male friend accompany you.  🔊

In this day and age, computer viruses are everywhere so people should be leery of emails from strangers.  🔊

Be leery of those too good to be true hotel offers because they are often timeshare scams.  🔊

Voters are leery of politicians who promise to change the world overnight.  🔊

Since Helen is leery of going into the bar alone, I am going with her.  🔊

Many people are leery of selling their homes because of the poor real estate market.  🔊

Because Jim is a recovering drug addict, he is leery of taking any medicine that has not been prescribed by his doctor.  🔊

Heather and Pete were leery of the nanny candidate who could not provide them with real references.  🔊

Even if you are eager to lose weight, you should still be leery of quick weight loss promises.  🔊

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