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leering, ppl. a.|ˈlɪərɪŋ|
[f. leer v.]
That leers, or looks with side glances.
1546J. Heywood Prov. (1867) 57 My cats leeryng looke. 1598Florio Ital. Dict. To Rdr. A v b, There is another sort of leering curs, that rather snarle then bite. 1602Rowlands Greenes Ghost 18 All the while he is telling his tale, he cast a leering eye about the shop, to see if there were euer a cloake..or anie other bootie. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. iii. 13 We know..what the Goats observ'd with leering Eyes. 1746Smollett Reproof 139 Behold the leering belle, caress'd by all. 1859W. Collins Q. of Hearts (1875) 49, I..managed to get between his leering eyes and the book-case.
Hence ˈleeringly adv.
1702Bp. Nicolson Let. to Dr. Kennet 9 He leeringly produces a Passage, wherein I maintain that [etc.]. 1839Thackeray Major Gahagan i, ‘How do you do?’ said the old hag leeringly. |