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

You felt instinctively that he was one who would take life seriously—perhaps a little too seriously—and that, whether it brought him joy or sorrow, he would admit the world but charily to his confidence.

From Nature's Serial Story by Roe, Edward Payson

Comfort seems to have been supplied most charily in the construction of this official chair; but there was a fine touch of morality in giving uneasiness to the seat of unlimited power.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

I asked, the words coming slowly and charily.

From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines