charily en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English chary Middle English -ly English -ly English charily From chary + -ly.
Meanings
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In a chary manner.
For these Tapparians have no brains. In lieu, they carry in one corner of their craniums, a drop or two of attar of roses; charily used, the supply being small. They are the victims of two incurable maladies: stone in the heart, and ossification of the head.
1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:It grew colder. I kept the fire burning charily, feeding it, bit by bit, the scanty furniture that Norton had made with axe and hammer. I husbanded every bit, crouching over the merest spark of a flame, wrapping my thin body in robe and fur to conserve the precious warmth.
1923, Ted Olson, Weird Tales, The Conquering Will:[…] all combined,—star, blossom, bird, Bring to it no such joy divine, As the first charily-utter'd word That falters from those lips of thine.
1845, Frances Sargent Osgood, Poems (poem), To Little May Vincent:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more charily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most charily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
pl ostrożnie (in a chary manner) · pl rozważnie (in a chary manner)