unleeryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

unleery (comparative more unleery, superlative most unleery)

1. (uncommon) Not leery.
   • 1925, Reginald Hargreaves, “‘The Unfair Sex’”, in The Theatre World, London, →OCLC, page 75, column 2:

     A cheery, unleery show, entirely suited to evoke forgetfulness of those November fogs through which it seems destined to run.

   • 1938 August 7, Blackwell Daily Journal, volume VI, number 49, Blackwell, Okla.: Blackwell Journal Publishing Company, →OCLC, section A, page 4, column 3:

     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 creature, who has heard about golf too, drifts in.

   • 1959 February 18, William Ewald, “Television in Review”, in The Bellingham Herald, volume LXVIII, number 327, Bellingham, Wash., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 1:

     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.

   • 1981 February 11, Ruth Thompson, compiler, “People in the News”, in The Knoxville News-Sentinel, number 30,317, Knoxville, Tenn.: The Knoxville News Sentinel Company, →OCLC, page B-4, column 6:

     Unleery Leary Lyrical ⬆︎ Timothy Leary, the high priest of psychedelia, has added several new layers to his already crazyquilt character. “I’m a cheerleader for change,” Leary tells his audiences in the West Coast cities and college towns he visits. “I’m the advertising department for the future. I confess right out in front that I’m brain-damaged. It’s the only way to go. I’m totally blown out. I’m totally burned out. I’ve totally toasted all those circuits in my brain that lead to linear thinking.” The former Harvard University professor was fired for giving drugs to his students.

   • 1984, Liz Allen, chapter 16, in Making Waves, London: Fontana Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 214:

     ‘Oh-ho, what’s this then? So long as you remember that if I do you a favour I’ll expect one in return.’ He’d been remarkably unleery for the last few days so it’s not surprising that the tide should turn again just when I could do with it least.

   • 2000 November 3, NoSpam, “Something you should read.”, in alt.fan.danni-ashe‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 2025-07-21:

     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.

   • 2001, “Maramao”, in Florence & the Best of Tuscany (Time Out), 3rd edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 178, column 2:

     Once you’re inside, your prize is a heady mix of unleery camaraderie and fine tunes through the spectrum from house anthems and hip hop to St Germain-style jazzy lines.

   • 2004 September 21, Neal Stephenson, “A Subterranean Vault in Clerkenwell: Early April 1714”, in The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle; 3), New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, book 6 (Solomon’s Gold), page 127:

     You are not leery enough. This fact has been made note of by certain coves who make unleery gagers their prey.

   • 2010 August 26, Michael O’Doherty, “The cynics, those patronising Irish Times-reading old bores turn their nose up at Daithi’s Rose. Ultimately, only one opinion matters – the viewers”, in Evening Herald, volume 116, number 203, Dublin, →OCLC, page 33, column 1:

     But after our few hours together, which involved visiting a succession of champagne bars and hospitality tents, pausing to stare at women’s fashion in as unleery a manner as we could, I was a fully signed up member of the Daithi Fan Club.