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leerily

adv
/ˈlɪəɹɪli/UK/ˈlɪɹɪli/US

Etymology

From leery + -ly.

  1. derived from *ḱlew-✻
  2. derived from *ḱlews-✻ — “temple of the forehead, cheek”
  3. inherited from *hleuzą✻ — “ear, cheek”
  4. inherited from *hleuʀ✻
  5. inherited from hlēor — “face, cheek, profile”
  6. inherited from ler
  7. suffixed as leery — “leer + y”
  8. suffixed as leerily — “leery + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a leery manner.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA