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Definition of Chary
1. Adjective. Characterized by great caution and wariness. "A chary investor"
Definition of Chary
1. a. Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal.
Definition of Chary
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Sad; sorrowful; grievous. ¹
2. Adjective. Disposed to cherish with care; careful. ¹
3. Adjective. Cautious; wary; shy. ¹
4. Adjective. Sparing; not lavish; not disposed to give freely; frugal; ungenerous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chary
1. cautious [adj CHARIER, CHARIEST] - See also: cautious
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chary
Literary usage of Chary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"But he must Downe, although so much Divine Before he Rise never to Set but Shine.
and Tipperary, would hardly be omitted, however chary the heralds might be ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The rebels were chary of their powder, saving it for sterner uses, and anxious
to conceal their pieces that they might again employ them at a range of their ..."
3. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... by which he enabled several others to escape whom the savages were intending
to waylay.2 The savages were chary about meeting the New Hampshire men, ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1870)
"They boarded the British mail steamer Cuba, seized the mail-bags addressed to Mr.
St. John, the British chary< d'affaires at Port au Prince, broke the seals ..."
5. Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and by Abraham Hayward (1873)
"... and she was by no means chary in exhibiting them. On ceremonial occasions, a
page entered with a cushion of dark velvet, on which she placed her foot, ..."
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