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unleery

unleery adjective: not leery.

Adjective

unleery (comparative more unleery, superlative most unleery)

  1. (uncommon) Not leery.
    • A cheery, unleery show, entirely suited to evoke forgetfulness of those November fogs through which it seems destined to run.1925, Reginald Hargreaves, “‘The Unfair Sex’”, in The Theatre World, London, →OCLC, page 75, column 2
    • John […], you know, the golf fiend, just loves to entertain customers in […]’s drug with a graphic account of how to encounter, analyze and conquer with the difficulties of golf up to the ninth hole. John invariably calls a halt there and goes back to his work contentedly until some unleery...1938 August 7, Blackwell Daily Journal, volume VI, number 49, Blackwell, Okla.: Blackwell Journal Publishing Company, →OCLC, section A, page 4, column 3

Examples of unleery in a sentence

  • John invariably calls a halt there and goes back to his work contentedly until some unleery creature, who has heard about golf too, drifts in.1938 August 7, Blackwell Daily Journal, volume VI, number 49, Blackwell, Okla.: Blackwell Journal Publishing Company, →OCLC, section A...
  • However, Levenson survived that graceless introduction and went on to make some unleery talk about early dating, early marriage and the teen-agers’ worship of mediocrity and material things.1959 February 18, William Ewald, “Television in Review”, in The Bellingham Herald, volume LXVIII, number 327, Bellingham, Wash., →ISSN...
  • Unleery Leary Lyrical ⬆︎ Timothy Leary, the high priest of psychedelia, has added several new layers to his already crazyquilt character.1981 February 11, Ruth Thompson, compiler, “People in the News”, in The Knoxville News-Sentinel, number 30,317, Knoxville, Tenn.: The...
  • As you and SuperPilot2 exemplify, whether it's comes to e-com or the store down the street, the unleery consumer is at the mercy of the vendor.2000 November 3, NoSpam, “Something you should read.”, in alt.fan.danni-ashe (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 Jul 2025:

Forms of unleery

comparativemore unleery
superlativemost unleery

Origin of unleery

From un- + leery.

Questions about unleery

What does unleery mean?
Unleery means not leery.
How do you use unleery in a sentence?
John invariably calls a halt there and goes back to his work contentedly until some unleery creature, who has heard about golf too, drifts in.
What part of speech is unleery?
Unleery is an adjective.

Words near unleery in the dictionary

  1. unleaves
  2. unleaving
  3. unlecherous
  4. unlectured
  5. unled
  6. unleery
  7. unlegacied
  8. unlegal
  9. unlegalised
  10. unlegalistic
  11. unlegalized

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