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   leery

   /ˈlɪəri/

   adjective

   • 1. cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions: informal "a city leery of gang violence"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from obsolete leer ‘looking askance’, from leer1 + -y1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. leeriness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

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