leary

adjective

less common spelling of leery

: suspicious, wary

—often used with of

leery of strangers

She seemed a little leery of the proposal.

Examples of leary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Farmers often have funding from investors who may be leary of putting money into less competitive forms of enterprise. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for leary

• beery
• bleary
• cheery
• cirri
• dearie
• deary
• dreary
• eerie
• kiri
• leery
• peery
• query