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CHARINESS

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char⋅i⋅ness

  [chair-ee-nis]
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–noun
1. the state or quality of being chary.
2. Obsolete. scrupulous integrity.
Origin:
1565–75; chary + -ness
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char·y   (châr'ē)   
adj.   char·i·er, char·i·est

  1. Very cautious; wary: was chary of the risks involved.

  2. Not giving or expending freely; sparing: was chary of compliments.


[Middle English chari, careful, sorrowful, from Old English cearig, sorrowful, from cearu, sorrow; see care.]
char'i·ly adv., char'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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