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   chary

   /ˈtʃɛːri/

   adjective

   • 1. cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something: "she had been chary of telling the whole truth"

   Word Origin Old Englishcearig ‘sorrowful, anxious’, of West Germanic origin; related to care. The current sense arose in the mid 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. charily adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

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