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Etymology[edit]
leery + -ness
leeriness (uncountable)
- The property of being leery, suspiciousness, distrustfulness.
2014, Emma Sadleir, Tamsyn de Beer, Don't Film Yourself Having Sex, Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN, page 113:In response to many people's leeriness of strangers, sharing economy companies often promote their background screening mechanisms.