leary vs leery

leary

Definitions

noun

  1. United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996)

Examples

Instead of the grim faces of commuters on their way into work, people were bleary-eyed but smiling for no particular reason.

Everyone I've seen in London today has got bleary eyes, and is yawning.

He pulled a grimy handkerchief from his pocket and let fly with a wet honk into the rag, then he looked at them with bleary eyes.

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leery

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adjective

  1. openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Examples

RANDY STRICKER, THOMSON RESIDENT: I'm kind of leery a little bit, I guess.

When you've been bitten by a snake, you're leery of a lizard.

Unless a gobbler is the absolute king of the woods he can be leery of other birds, and that includes your decoys.

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