chary

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chariȝ (“concerned with, diligent; sad, sorrowful; of a person: cherished, loved”), from Old English ċeariġ (“careful; pensive; chary, wary; anxious, sad, sorrowful; dire, grievous”), from Proto-West Germanic *karag (“anxious; sad”), from Proto-Germanic *karō + *-gaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“exclamation; voice”) + *-kos (suffix forming adjectives with the meaning ‘pertaining to; typical of’)); analysable as care +‎ -y. The English word is cognate with Danish karrig (“miserly, stingy”), Dutch karig (“austere, scant, sparing”), Norwegian karrig (“barren; meagre; poor”), Old High German charag, karag (“sparing”) (modern German karg (“barren; meagre, poor”)), Old Saxon carag, karag, Swedish karg (“austere; barren; hungry; needy, poor”). See further at care. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛəɹi/ (General American) (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/ (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛəɹi/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeː.ɹi/ (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeəɹi/ (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiəɹi/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɹɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃeɹe/ (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɜːɹɪ/ Rhymes: -ɛəɹi Homophones: cherry (Mary–marry–merry merger), cheery (cheer–chair merger) Hyphenation: cha‧ry === Adjective === chary (comparative charier, superlative chariest) Careful, cautious, shy, wary. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cautious Antonyms: unchary; see also Thesaurus:careless Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious. Antonym: unchary Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing. Antonym: unchary (obsolete) Cared for, regarded as precious; cherished. Antonym: unchary ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === chary (comparative more chary, superlative most chary) Synonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cautiously Antonyms: carelessly, incautiously, uncarefully, uncautiously, unwarily === References === === Anagrams === -archy, Archy, archy