Be leery of those who claim someone is non compos mentis and let rationale be your judge.
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Leery
//ˈlɪəɹi//
Synonyms for "leery" (47 found)
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3 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
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7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- подозрителен adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- предпазлив adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
Czech
2 entries- nedůvěřivý adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- opatrný adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
Dutch
3 entries- argwaanend adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- argwanend adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- wantrouwend adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
German
1 entries- argwöhnisch adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
Polish
1 entries- podejrzliwy adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
Romanian
4 entries- ezitant adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- precaut adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- suspicios adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- îngrijorat adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
Russian
1 entries- осмотрительный adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
Spanish
3 entries- cauteloso adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- desconfiado adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
- receloso adj (cautious, hesitant, or nervous)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I'm always leery of such people.
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I'd be pretty leery of walking along the docks at night.
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The villagers were leery of the old wizard.
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