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leeringly adverb disapprovinguk /ˈlɪə.rɪŋ.li/ us /ˈlɪr.ɪŋ.li/ in a way that shows sexual interest, especially when this is not wanted: He plays a leeringly sexist, physically and verbally aggressive, racist cop. He leeringly demanded to know the colour of her underwear. In this wooden horror movie, the camera pans leeringly over women's bodies. He questioned them leeringly on their sex lives, bugged their bedrooms, and provoked them into fights. He came up to us and leeringly asked us to join him and a male friend for a foursome. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Using the eyes accommodate accommodation all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom astigmatic beholder cast corner discern fix glare penetrating perceive re-sight rest on someone/something resurvey rubbernecking scope sighting spot tab |