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chary

[chair-ee] / ˈtʃɛər i /


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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

Men of this calibre appear but at intervals; for "nature is chary in the production of such specimens of dangerous grandeur."

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.




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