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1. (adj.) chary
cautious or careful; wary.
2. chary
shy; timid.
3. chary
particular; choosy.
4. chary
sparing; frugal (often fol. by of):
chary of his praise.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE cearig sorrowful =c(e)ar(u)care+-ig -y1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) cagey, cagy, chary
characterized by great caution and wariness
"a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"
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1. (adj) chary
careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal
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Sense: (with of) cautious
Be chary of lending money to someone you don't know very well.
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 Afrikaans: versigtig |
 Arabic: حَذِر، مُحْتَرِس |
 Bulgarian: предпазлив |
 Brazilian: cauteloso |
 Czech: opatrný, bedlivý |
 German: vorsichtig |
 Danish: varsom |
 Greek: προσεκτικός, επιφυλακτικό |
 Spanish: cauteloso, cauto |
 Estonian: ettevaatlik |
 Farsi: محتاط |
 Finnish: varovainen |
 French: prudent |
 Hebrew: זָהִיר |
 Hindi: सावधान, संकोची |
 Croatian: oprezan, pažljiv |
 Hungarian: óvatos |
 Indonesian: hati-hati |
 Icelandic: aðgætinn |
 Italian: cauto, prudente |
 Japanese: 用心深い |
 Korean: 조심하는 |
 Lithuanian: atsargus |
 Latvian: piesardzīgs |
 Malay: berhati-hati |
 Dutch: voorzichtig |
 Norwegian: forsiktig, tilbakeholdend |
 Polish: ostrożny |
 Persian: محتاط |
 Pashto: محتاط، احتياط كار |
 Portuguese: cauteloso |
 Romanian: prevăzător |
 Russian: осторожный |
 Slovak: opatrný |
 Slovenian: previden |
 Serbian: oprezan |
 Swedish: varsam, försiktig |
 Thai: ระมัดระวัง |
 Turkish: dikkatli, ihtiyatlı |
 Taiwanese: 謹慎的 |
 Ukrainian: обережний |
 Urdu: محتاط ، خبردار |
 Vietnamese: thận trọng |
 Chinese: 谨慎的 |
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