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chariness

American  
[chair-ee-nis] / ˈtʃɛər i nɪs /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being chary.

  2. Obsolete. scrupulous integrity.


chariness British  
/ ˈtʃɛərɪnɪs /

noun

  1. the state of being chary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chariness

First recorded in 1565–75; chary + -ness


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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

No small part of the Allingham charm is her chariness with detail.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He had the Scottish chariness of bestowing praise or approval, and could surely give Emerson the sense of being met which he demanded.

From The Last Harvest by John Burroughs

He was a tolerant man, popular with his friends because of his chariness in proffering advice and comment; so that Channing was surprised when he continued the subject.

From Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

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