LEERY
What does "LEERY" mean?
Cautious or wary because of suspicion or distrust.
Meanings
- Suspicious and on guard; reluctant to trust. After the first scam, she was leery of online deals.
Word origin
Probably from the dialectal verb 'leer' meaning to look sidelong or askance, from Old English 'hleor' (cheek, face); to be leery is to eye something warily from the side.
Remember it
LEERY = give it the side-eye, a 'leer'; the double-E are the two narrowed eyes watching warily.
A little poem
The deal looks too clean-
she keeps one eye on the door
and one on the hand.
haiku
Wordplay
- I'm always leery of stairs - they're clearly up to something.
What it teaches
A little leeriness is just memory doing its job: it remembers the last hand that reached too fast.
Quick facts
What does LEERY mean?
Cautious or wary because of suspicion or distrust.
Is LEERY a valid word?
Yes — LEERY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LEERY?
LEERY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LEERY come from?
Probably from the dialectal verb 'leer' meaning to look sidelong or askance, from Old English 'hleor' (cheek, face); to be leery is to eye something warily from the side.
What can LEERY teach us?
A little leeriness is just memory doing its job: it remembers the last hand that reached too fast.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.