leary

See also: Leary

English

Adjective

leary (comparative learier, superlative leariest)

  1. Alternative spelling of leery.
    • 1836, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, The Works of Edward Lytton Bulwer, Esq. in Two Volumes, page 557:
      "I think it may first be as well to introduce my pupil and friend to his future companions."
      "You speak like a leary cove," cried Gentleman George […]

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