charily

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Now listen," he said slowly and impressively as if he was speaking to a child, "we've both got to go very charily.

From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Bonner, Geraldine

Whatever the creature was, she had slid down, forming a limp lump at the end of the bag, when he charily deposited it on the floor and turned to consult his dictionary before untying it.

From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Curtis, Wardon Allan

The spring-time holds her white and purple dear; October, lavish, flaunts them far and near; The summer charily her reds doth lay Like jewels on her costliest array; October, scornful, burns them on a bier.

From A Calendar of Sonnets by Jackson, Helen Hunt