charily
Example Sentences
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House of Representatives, was its foremost parliamentarian, and had performed a considerable public service as an Appropriations Committee chairman who spent the taxpayers' money as charily as if it were his own.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over the years, actors have charily avoided filling that blank.
From Time Magazine Archive
For somewhat the same reason he had sought Pocahontas, charily at first, dreading disappointment, but finally, as his interest deepened, without reserve.
From Princess by M. G. (Mary Greenway) McClelland
On the landward side of the bleak house, crimson-rambler roses were luxuriant, and a stiff shell-bordered garden gave charily of small marigolds.
From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Sinclair Lewis
He recognised in sufficient time that he must deal very charily and cautiously with customs which had all the force of law, and he withdrew his order.
From Rulers of India: Akbar by George Bruce Malleson
