chariness

[chair-ee-nis]

noun

1. the state or quality of being chary.

2. Obsolete.,  scrupulous integrity.

chariness

/ ˈtʃɛərɪnɪs /

noun

1. the state of being chary

Word History and Origins

Origin of chariness¹

First recorded in 1565–75; chary + -ness

Example Sentences

A big reason for chariness with a U.B.I. is that, so far, the program lives in people’s heads, untried on a national scale.

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Despite competitiveness and even spikes in chariness between the United States and China, that’s a normal, manageable and very different dynamic than the “collision course for war” that Allison and his Thucydides Trap intrepidly predict.

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There was a deep sense of betrayal that cast a lingering chariness.

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Hence my perverse glee upon finding out that leafy green veggies from Fukushima could conceivably be back on the market in a few months -- perfectly safe, and presumably at low prices stemming from shoppers’ chariness.

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Not until we have read Men in Battle do we fully appreciate Barbusse's chariness in the use of material effects.

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