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Alexandra Andreievna, unlike her husband, was rather reserved and chary of endearments.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYIt made him very unhappy and more chary in future of confiding his plans to his friends.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYHis little mistress still had her moods, and was tantalisingly chary of her soft words and caresses.
THE QUIVER 3/1900ANONYMOUSThe Mercure—the staid Mercure, so chary of its praise—can find no word to describe her acting but that of sublime.
QUEENS OF THE FRENCH STAGEH. NOEL WILLIAMSThis was one of the rare occasions when the termagant was strangely chary about giving offence.
COURT BEAUTIES OF OLD WHITEHALLW. R. H. TROWBRIDGEIt had never been expressed in words or demonstration, for of these things the mountaineer is as chary as a grizzly.
THE CODE OF THE MOUNTAINSCHARLES NEVILLE BUCKI am humanly fond of honors that happen, but chary of those that come by canvass and intention.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINEThe fox sparrow, who passes earlier (sometimes in March), is also chary of the music with which he is so richly endowed.
A YEAR IN THE FIELDSJOHN BURROUGHSBelfort saluted Miss Desmond in his most courtly manner, but was chary of politeness to the remainder of us.
IN HOSTILE REDJOSEPH ALTSHELERBut perhaps for that very reason I ought to be the more chary in endangering the only support that she is like to have.
CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?ANTHONY TROLLOPEWORDS RELATED TO CHARY
- avaricious
- canny
- chary
- circumspect
- close
- closefisted
- cost-effective
- curmudgeonly
- efficient
- frugal
- meager
- mean
- methodical
- miserly
- money-saving
- niggardly
- on the rims
- parsimonious
- penny-pinching
- penny-wise
- penurious
- practical
- provident
- prudent
- prudential
- saving
- spare
- sparing
- stingy
- thrifty
- tight
- time-saving
- unwasteful
- watchful
- work-saving
- accurate
- alert
- apprehensive
- assiduous
- attentive
- chary
- choosy
- circumspect
- concerned
- conscientious
- conservative
- cool
- deliberate
- discreet
- exacting
- fastidious
- finicky
- fussy
- going to great lengths
- guarded
- heedful
- judicious
- leery
- meticulous
- mindful
- observant
- particular
- playing safe
- precise
- prim
- protective
- provident
- prudent
- punctilious
- regardful
- religious
- rigorous
- scrupulous
- selfdisciplined
- shy
- sober
- solicitous
- solid
- thorough
- thoughtful
- vigilant
- wary
- alert
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- chary
- circumspect
- considerate
- discreet
- forethoughtful
- gingerly
- hedging one's bets
- heedful
- judicious
- keeping on one's toes
- leery
- on the lookout
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- provident
- prudent
- pussyfoot
- safe
- shrewd
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- tentative
- thinking twice
- vigilant
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watchful
- watching one's step
- watching out
- with one's eyes peeled
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.