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

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

Chary tears in her eyes.

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

Luddism [...] was a form of direct action which arose in specific conditions, which was often highly organized and under the protection of the local community, and as to which we should be chary of generalization.

very like the chary pronouns above

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.

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

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