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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unchary en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + chary.

Meanings

  1. Not chary; lacking caution; reckless.
    • I've said too much unto a heart of stone, / And laid mine honour too unchary out. c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

Forms

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most unchary Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unchary Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

uncharily · unchariness