A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

charily Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with C » chaperoning ... chase » charily


charily
chariness chary



chary
adj charier, chariest
    1. Cautious or wary.
      Example: chary of lending money
      Thesaurus: reluctant, cautious, wary, guarded, suspicious, circumspect, uneasy, leery, unwilling; Antonym: heedless.
    2. Sparing; rather mean.
      Example: chary of praise
      Thesaurus: thrifty, prudent, parsimonious, stingy, frugal, close-fisted.
Derivative: charily
adverb
    Derivative: chariness
    noun
      Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cearig sorrowful or anxious.



      Click Here