LEARY meaning: Cautious or wary of something

We found 16 dictionaries that define the word leary:

General (13 matching dictionaries)

leary: Merriam-Webster
leary: Collins English Dictionary
Leary: Vocabulary.com
Leary, leary: Wordnik
Leary, leary: Wiktionary
leary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
leary: Infoplease Dictionary
leary: Dictionary.com
Leary (surname), Leary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Leary: Rhymezone
leary: FreeDictionary.org
leary: Mnemonic Dictionary
leary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

leary, leary: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Leary: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Leary)

▸ noun:  A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Laoghaire (literally “descendant of Leary”) (O'Leary).
▸ noun:  A male given name from Irish Laoghaire, from Old Irish Lóegaire (literally “calf-herder”).
▸ noun:  A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
▸ noun:  A city in Georgia, United States.
▸ noun:  A city in Texas, United States.
▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of leery [Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.]

Similar:

O'Leary, OLeary, Leahey, Leamy, levy, Loughery, Larney, Lavery, Leahy, O'Lear, more...

Opposite:

serious, earnest, earnestly

Types:

leery, wary, cautious, skeptical, suspicious, doubtful, more...

Phrases:

Timothy Leary, tim leary, Denis Leary, timothy francis leary, leary timothy, more...

Adjectives:

lindholm, old, young, former, late, poor, reckless, psychedelic, eyed, lovely, lsd