Lexicographical Neighbors of Skeary
Literary usage of Skeary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"I feel so skeary-like too, for I've never been aboard one of these steaming boats,
nor never seen one afore." This surprised me " considerable," for I ..."
2. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"I feel so skeary-like too, for I've never been aboard one of these steaming boats,
nor never seen one afore." This surprised me " considerable," for I ..."
3. Cooper's Works by James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant (1855)
"Now, I own I am skeary when there is reason for it, and all I can say in my own
favour is, that I don't begin to run before the danger is in sight. ..."
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