chariness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chariness
Example Sentences
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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.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2018
Back in Warsaw after nine weeks in Rome attending the Second Vatican Council, Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, 61, doughty primate of Communist Poland, chided the Gomulka government on excessive chariness with pocket money.
From Time Magazine Archive
No small part of the Allingham charm is her chariness with detail.
From Time Magazine Archive
To preserve however the chariness of their reputation, they insisted upon conducting me with them for a few miles on the outside of a stage-coach.
From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William
"A wilfu man maun hae his ain way—do as you like," rejoined William Brydon, affectin a chariness he did not altogether feel.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various
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