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➡️WARY means cautious or careful. “Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.” —Seneca

➡️WEARY means tired or fatigued. “Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.” —Ralph Marston

➡️LEERY means suspicious.
"But I’m always a little bit leery of people who are sure that they’re right about things that nobody’s ever been able to prove, and never will be able to prove." —Charles M. Schulz

➡️WEARY rhymes with LEERY but does not mean suspicious. WEARY looks like WARY but does not mean cautious.

➡️LAIRY means gaudy or flashy. "Why go for a plain backdrop when you can have lairy florals?" from The Guardian (2016)

LAIRY can also be slang for drunk and disorderly. "The seagulls get a bit drunk from eating them, which makes their behaviour even more lairy than usual." from The Guardian (2022)

➡️LEARY is a common misspelling of LEERY — apparently, the mistake was more common when Timothy Leary was in the news a lot.

➡️LARRY is a given name. 🤣


Jennifer J. Coldwater

Jennifer J. Coldwater cannot believe that writing stories is her full-time gig. She dreamed of this day.

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