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charily

charily adverb: in a chary manner.

Adverb

charily (comparative more charily, superlative most charily)

  1. In a chary manner.
    • […] 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.1845, Frances Sargent Osgood, Poems (poem), To Little May Vincent
    • 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.1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC

Forms of charily

comparativemore charily
superlativemost charily

Origin of charily

From chary + -ly.

Questions about charily

What does charily mean?
Charily means in a chary manner.
What part of speech is charily?
Charily is an adverb.

Words near charily in the dictionary

  1. charidee
  2. charientism
  3. charier
  4. chariest
  5. Charig
  6. charily
  7. chariness
  8. charing
  9. Charing Cross
  10. Charing Heath
  11. Charingworth

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