leery vs leary
Definitions
adjective
- 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.
Definitions
noun
- 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.
