Usually means: Cautious due to suspicion, distrust.
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  1. leeriness: Merriam-Webster
  2. leeriness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leeriness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. leeriness: Wordnik
  5. leeriness: Wiktionary
  6. leeriness: Dictionary.com
  7. leeriness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. leeriness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The property of being leery, suspiciousness, distrustfulness.

Similar:
suspiciousness, distrustfulness, diffidence, suspectfulness, untrustfulness, skepticality, lecherousness, scepticalness, unwariness, mistrustfulness, more...

Opposite:
trust, confidence, openness, acceptance

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Similar:
suspiciousness, distrustfulness, diffidence, suspectfulness, untrustfulness, skepticality, lecherousness, scepticalness, unwariness, mistrustfulness, more...

Opposite:
trust, confidence, openness, acceptance



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