leary vs leery
Definitions
noun
- United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996)
Examples
Instead of the grim faces of commuters on their way into work, people were bleary-eyed but smiling for no particular reason.
Everyone I've seen in London today has got bleary eyes, and is yawning.
He pulled a grimy handkerchief from his pocket and let fly with a wet honk into the rag, then he looked at them with bleary eyes.
Definitions
adjective
- openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
Examples
In the same article linked to above, Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky said that she's "leery" about incineration and approves of composting.
Fazal Majid also has another good point, one that so far has kept me leery of purchasing music online.
Donald Birger, president of InstaCredit Automart, which sold more than 3,000 vehicles in 2008 through its two dealerships in Collinsville, Ill., and O'Fallon, Mo., says he initially was "leery" of the remote disabling systems, in part because he thought customers might object.
