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Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Perhaps from leer 'cheek'; LEER

leery

 adjective
     
leer‧y informal
careful in the way that you deal with something or someone because you do not trust them [= wary]
leery of
I was very leery of him after I found out he had lied to Jennifer.
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