Showing posts with label chary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chary. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

chary

adj.
cautious
shy, timid
hesitant about dangers and risks
fastidious, choosy
slow to grant, accept, or expend; sparing, frugal (a person chary of compliments)

Google is never chary of slobbery kisses.
He was chary of investing in a new harness for Google.
Sarah is chary of praises for Google.

similar words: cautious, hesitant, wary

dissimilar words: confident, lavish, trustful, brash, bold

chariness, charily, charier, chariest