American English pronunciation

How to pronounce leary

IPA transcription: ['lɪɹi]

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Noun

  • United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996)

Usage examples

  • His impression has been growing more and more bleary-eyed.
  • In addition to which former Savoy Brown member John O'Leary is featured on harmonica.
  • It also refers to the Leary-Wilson reality-tunnels.
  • When he was sacked, O'Leary had two years remaining on a three-year contract.
  • McCleary's parents Ken and Leah still live in Swift Current.
  • Described as left-leaning and a socialist, Cleary himself eschewed labels.
  • He also conducted a thirty-four year follow-up study to Timothy Leary's Concord Prison Experiment.
  • They were sponsored by a local couple, Daniel and Carolyn O'Leary.
  • Cleary also held socially conservative views on some issues, including abortion.
  • Cleary was born in Cornwall, Ontario, and was educated at Saint Lawrence College.