charily

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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

Our fast train stops at the mouth of a tunnel, then crawls ahead charily, for the French, before retreating, dynamited the tunnel.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various

Bibbs learned he must walk charily among these—he must wear a thousand eyes and beware of spiders indeed!

From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth

We, the children of the Puritans, and educated in their views and prejudices, have still many lessons to learn in the school of charily.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various