From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcharychar‧y /ˈtʃeəri $ ˈtʃeri/ adjective especially British English WILLINGunwilling to risk doing something SYN warychary about/of doing something Banks were chary of lending the company more money.
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chary• Automakers are chary about shipping base cars for test drives, because those cars sell poorly.• I would be chary of anything caught in these murky waters.• Toby winning a victory over the headmaster on Monday night which made him chary of challenging him again on Wednesday.• The slaughter houses are chary of taking freeze-branded animals.• He understood, as well, why Fenella had been so chary of telling the entire truth.Origin chary Old English cearig “sad, anxious”, from caru; → CARE1 