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  • adjective superlative form of leery: most leery.

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Examples

  • Dirtier and more disreputable he could hardly become – but a genial rascal and tolerably well pleased with life and his own reputation as the leeriest poacher in the county.

    The Key Wentworth, Patricia 1944

  • Drake's proposal "to the loveliest, liveliest, leeriest little woman in the world, God bless her!" and she hid her face in her hands and said with a merry laugh:

    The Christian A Story Hall Caine 1892

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