Chary Definition

chârē
charier, chariest
adjective
charier, chariest
Not taking chances; careful; cautious.
To be chary of offending others.
Webster's New World
Not giving freely; sparing.
Chary of his hospitality.
Webster's New World

Disposed to cherish with care; careful.

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Other Word Forms of Chary

Adjective

Base Form:
chary
Comparative:
charier
Superlative:
chariest

Origin of Chary

  • From Middle English chary, from Old English ċeariġ (“careful, sorrowful, pensive, wary, chary, anxious, grievous, dire”), from Proto-Germanic *karagaz (“anxious, sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵār- (“voice, exclamation”), equivalent to care +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch karig (“scant, sparing, austere”), German karg (“meagre, barren, poor”) and Norwegian karrig (“meagre, barren, poor”). More at care.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English chari careful, sorrowful from Old English cearig sorrowful from cearu sorrow care

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chary Sentence Examples

  • Likewise be very chary of Flash animation, or splash pages at all.

  • Prince Vasili knew this, and having once realized that if he asked on behalf of all who begged of him, he would soon be unable to ask for himself, he became chary of using his influence.

  • Any general statement as to the debt owed by early European civilizations to western Asia would at present be premature, for though important discoveries have been made in Crete and Babylonia the best authorities are chary of positive conclusions as to the relations of Cretan civilization to Egypt and Babylonia.

  • He was in deep poverty, the Estates were chary of supplies, plotters in Scotland had been offering to Cecil to kidnap the king (1598), and his relations both with the English government and with his own subdued but struggling preachers were bitterly unfriendly.

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