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leery

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
leery/ˈlɪəri/

▶adjective (leerier, leeriest) informal cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions.

– derivatives
leeriness noun.

– origin C17: from obs. leer ‘looking askance’, from leer + -y1.

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