charily
Adverb
In a chary manner.
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[…] all combined,—star, blossom, bird, Bring to it no such joy divine, As the first charily-utter'd word That falters from those lips of thine.
More examples (2)
For these Tapparians have no brains. In lieu, they carry in one corner of their craniums, a drop or two of attar of roses; charily used, the supply being small. They are the victims of two incurable maladies: stone in the heart, and ossification of the head.
It grew colder. I kept the fire burning charily, feeding it, bit by bit, the scanty furniture that Norton had made with axe and hammer. I husbanded every bit, crouching over the merest spark of a flame, wrapping my thin body in robe and fur to conserve the precious warmth.
Adverb
with great caution; warily
Word forms
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