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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

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

"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

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

From The Forerunners by Romain Rolland

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