chary
Example Sentences
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Even if she wanted to pursue an exemption, the Lord Advocate would be chary of inciting the home secretary's ire.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025
I always feel chary about recommending the Society’s books since I’ve supplied introductions to several of them.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2020
But his personal experience made him chary, too.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018
But Mr Richardson is a bit chary nonetheless when he holds the newspaper—perhaps due to its age and fragility, or perhaps in memory of those poisoned printers.
From Economist • May 23, 2018
Nature has not been chary of beauty here.
From Spanish Highways and Byways by Bates, Katharine Lee
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