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Definition of Leeriness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeriness
| leek leek moth leek moths leeklike leeks leeped leeping leeps leered leerer | leerers leerier leeriest leerily leeriness leerinesses leering leeringly leerings leerness | leers leery lees leese leeses leesing leesome leesy leet |
Literary usage of Leeriness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"The tricks we especially note as "transatlantic" are: first, lone pauses, frequent
and wearisome, and a drooping of the eyelid, -which imparts a " leeriness ..."
2. The Woman with the Fan by Robert Smythe Hichens (1904)
"THE WOMAN WITH THE FAN ism, chasing the leeriness of the contented man's conceit,
turned her to softness if not to cheerfulness. She adored Fritz like that. ..."
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