charily

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Over the years, actors have charily avoided filling that blank.

From Time Magazine Archive

House of Representatives, was its foremost parliamentarian, and had performed a considerable public service as an Appropriations Committee chairman who spent the taxpayers' money as charily as if it were his own.

From Time Magazine Archive

Entering into the spirit of the chase Dudley knelt down and waited with poised stick while Laxdale charily opened the drawer.

From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Prater, Ernest

Indeed, I had not been three weeks in the country before I decided upon accepting no more invitations, even charily as they were made.

From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick

"Come along, Mark Anthony," said Warrender, another lay helper, who after working for seven years among the poor had at last been charily accepted by the Bishop for ordination.

From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton