chary
Synonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warilySynonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily.
» He is chary of offending people.
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1 sensesSynonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily.
Examples
2 sentencesHe is chary of offending people.
The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.
Origin
From Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chariȝ (“coFrom Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chariȝ (“concerned with, diligent; sad, sorrowful; of a person: cherished, loved”), from Old English ċeariġ (“careful; pensive; chary, wary; anxious, sad, sorrowful; dire, grievous”), from Proto-West Germanic *karag (“anxious; sad”), from Proto-Germanic *karō + *-gaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“exclamation; voice”) + *-kos (suffix forming adjectives with the meaning ‘pertaining to; typical of’)); analysable as care + -y.
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Forms
more chary, most chary| Comparative | more chary Lesson |
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| Superlative | most chary |
regular
Synonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
5 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form