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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

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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

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

She had tried to make him divine all this in the chariness of her promise to write.

From Tales of Men and Ghosts by Wharton, Edith

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 Burroughs, John