leary

comparative learier · superlative leariest

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of leery.

   "I think it may first be as well to introduce my pupil and friend to his future companions." "You speak like a leary cove," cried Gentleman George […]

   1836, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, The Works of Edward Lytton Bulwer, Esq. in Two Volumes, page 557

plural Learys

1. A surname from Irish, an alternate anglicization of Ó Laoghaire (literally “descendant of Leary”) (O'Leary).
2. A male given name from Irish Laoghaire, from Old Irish Lóegaire (literally “calf-herder”).
3. A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
4. A city in Georgia, United States.
5. A city in Texas, United States.