adverb
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cautiously; carefully
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sparingly
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Etymology
Origin of charily
Example Sentences
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Over the years, actors have charily avoided filling that blank.
From Time Magazine Archive
House of Representatives, was its foremost parliamentarian, and had performed a considerable public service as an Appropriations Committee chairman who spent the taxpayers' money as charily as if it were his own.
From Time Magazine Archive
He employed leading motives charily, and as he disliked intricate polyphony, his music moves in massive blocks, following the semi-detached tableaux of the opera.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
For somewhat the same reason he had sought Pocahontas, charily at first, dreading disappointment, but finally, as his interest deepened, without reserve.
From Princess by McClelland, M. G. (Mary Greenway)
Indeed, I had not been three weeks in the country before I decided upon accepting no more invitations, even charily as they were made.
From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick
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