adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Automakers are chary about shipping base cars for test drives, because those cars sell poorly.
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He understood, as well, why Fenella had been so chary of telling the entire truth.
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I would be chary of anything caught in these murky waters.
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The slaughter houses are chary of taking freeze-branded animals.
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Toby winning a victory over the headmaster on Monday night which made him chary of challenging him again on Wednesday.