leery
adjective/ˈlɪəri/
/ˈlɪri/
(informal)- leery (of something/somebody) | leery (of doing something) careful about something/somebody because you suspect that there may be a danger or problem, and trying to avoid doing it or dealing with them synonym wary
- The government is leery of changing the current law.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from obsolete leer ‘looking askance’, from leer + -y.
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