YSK because text-based communication demands clarity, and this mistake can be confusing for both native English speakers and English learners alike.

I’ve seen many people online writing “weary” when the context of the rest of their posts suggest they mean “wary.” Here are Merriam-Webster definitions for each:

weary (adj)

  • exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness

wary (adj)

  • marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

Hope this helps somebody out there who may not know the difference or has been confused by the words :)

  • asterisk@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    But wouldn’t ‘leery’ make sense there? It means something close to ‘suspicious’ after all.

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      1 year ago

      huh, you’re right. i’d assumed it was related to the verb ‘leer’ meaning ‘leery’ would mean intimidating or perverted.