Usually means: Cautious or wary of risks.
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  1. chary: Merriam-Webster
  2. chary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Chary, chary: Wordnik
  7. chary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. chary: Wiktionary
  9. chary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. chary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. chary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Chary, chary: Dictionary.com
  13. chary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Chary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. chary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. chary: Rhymezone
  17. Chary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. chary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. chary: FreeDictionary.org
  20. chary: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. chary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. chary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. chary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chary: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chary: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Chary: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See charier as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  Careful, cautious, shy, wary.
▸ adjective:  Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious.
▸ adjective:  Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Cared for, regarded as precious; cherished.
▸ adverb:  Synonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily.

Similar:
cagey, cautious, cagy, caresome, wary, keerful, careful, warisome, choicy, leery, more...

Opposite:
reckless, careless, impulsive, daring, bold

Types:
leery, wary, cautious, skeptical, suspicious, untrusting, apprehensive, more...

Adjectives:
more, little, singularly, right, uncommonly, boldest, mighty, man, bottom, wonderful, wondrous


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Similar:
cagey, cautious, cagy, caresome, wary, keerful, careful, warisome, choicy, leery, more...

Opposite:
reckless, careless, impulsive, daring, bold

Types:
leery, wary, cautious, skeptical, suspicious, untrusting, apprehensive, more...

Adjectives:
more, little, singularly, right, uncommonly, boldest, mighty, man, bottom, wonderful, wondrous



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