how to pronounce leery

/ˈlɪɹiː/

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leery is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of leery in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… i'm still a little leery of dining even …”

meaning of leery

Leery means distrustful or suspicious.

leery frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word leery occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics leery can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that leery can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;