leery

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  1. adjective Suspicious or distrustful; wary: was leery of aggressive salespeople.

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  • The jury were a leery-looking lot, and included five women. —  The Saltmarsh Murders - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 04 - 1945
  • “No one is.” Jude watched, leery, as she shrugged her bag off and dropped it on the path. —  SexyBeastIV
  • They can get Ciagris over their wristbands, and that mostly works --unlike suggestively shaped bits of dead rhino--so what's the point I'm kind of leery about anyone knowing what I really do, because most of the trade in endangered species is run by the triads. —  Analog, July-August 2006
  • The only cast member that makes me leery is Renee. —  /Film
  • Costco had announced in February that results would fall short of estimates as recession-leery consumers curtailed purchases. —  Top Stories - Google News
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