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unleery

adj

Etymology

From un- + leery.

  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. prefixed as unleery — “un- + leery”

Definitions

  1. Not leery.

    • A cheery, unleery show, entirely suited to evoke forgetfulness of those November fogs through which it seems destined to run.
    • However, Levenson survived that graceless introduction and went on to make some unleery talk about early dating, early marriage and the teen-agers’ worship of mediocrity and material things.

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