charily
Origin of charily
1Other words for charily
| 1 | guardedly; cautiously |
Opposites for charily
Other words from charily
- un·char·i·ly, adverb
Words Nearby charily
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How to use charily in a sentence
O beauties, look to your busk-points; if not chastely, yet charily: be sure the door be bolted.
The Works of John Marston | John MarstonIt is not a difficult task to praise a heroine, and one that should be indulged in but charily.
Coniston, Complete | Winston ChurchillShe had heard her speak casually, but charily, of having lived in Fordham.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellNow they stretched themselves out on their elbows and began to puff, charily, and with slender confidence.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)He went and knocked, and, behold, the door was promptly but charily opened.
The Flaming Sword in Serbia and Elsewhere | Mabel Annie Boulton Stobart
British Dictionary definitions for charily
/ (ˈtʃɛərɪlɪ) /
cautiously; carefully
sparingly
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