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(adjective) dear treasured / (adjective) ; discreetly cautious; as / (adjective) hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks / (adjective) slow to grant, accept, or expend

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chary



Some districts and representatives remained optimistic – Latsis, as ever, was positively boosterish – but many grew chary.

—p.266 Red October (256) by China Miéville
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6 years, 6 months ago


The prophet [...] can judge absolutely and [...] is not chary of doing so

—p.266 Create Dangerously (249) by Albert Camus
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6 years, 10 months ago


The two major companies, U.S.­ based Standard oil and British-based Mexican Eagle, were chary about the nationalist noises from Mexico City.

i always think "chary" just means "wary" and i guess it's not too far off

—p.179 Caracas (176) by Vijay Prashad
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5 years, 3 months ago


very like the chary pronouns above

—p.v Introduction (v) by William H. Gass
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1 year, 4 months ago


As a materialist, Marx was chary of ideas which were divorced from historical reality, and thought that there were usually good historical reasons for this separation.

—p.68 Chapter Four (64) by Terry Eagleton
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6 years, 6 months ago


Desire is, by nature, childlike and chary of government.

—p.59 On Liking Women (47) by Andrea Long Chu
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5 years, 4 months ago


I’m chary of speaking too confidently about South Africa: my impression of things is pieced together from fragments of reportage and testimony.

—p.31 Renewed Labour (24) by Barnaby Raine
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4 years ago