adjective, discreetly cautious, hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks, slow to grant , accept or expend.
It is important for people to be chary about sharing personal information in their social media posts.
It was sorrow that bred the caution of "chary." In Middle English, "chary" meant "sorrowful," a sense that harks back to the word's Old English ancestor caru (an early form of "care," and another term that meant "sorrow" or "grief). In a connotation switch, "chary" later came to mean "dear" or "cherished." That's how 16th-century English dramatist George Peele used it: "For why, the chariest and the choicest queen,/ That ever did delight my royal eyes." Both sorrow and affection have largely faded from "chary," however, and in Modern English, the word is most often used to mean either "careful" or "sparing."
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karen charlie, and enzo
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