charily

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I should advise the reader to indulge in the dwarfs very charily, and chiefly as a source of fairly profitable amusement.

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  1. In a chary manner; carefully; warily; sparingly; frugally. Whose provident arm else but God's did bring to nought the power-undermining, which was carried so warily and charily? Sheldon, Miracles, p. 316.

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  • The Reverend Eldred met the creature's gaze somewhat charily, but soon regained his self-command. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 06 - December 2000
  • The Marlins did agree to several requests from commissioners, including a promise to employ local residents, to donate $500,000 to charily each year and to build community ballparks around the county. —  Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles
  • "Did you hear a ship series named Tinder." he asked charily, in an expectant voice. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Dealt out charily, was the fair comb to the gratified little ones, Or, to fermentation yielded, producing the spirited metheglin. —  Man of Uz, and Other Poems
  • I waved to McHenry, who nodded charily, and pulled down the curtain which was in lieu of a door. —  Mystic Isles of the South Seas.
 

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