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

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

He recognised in sufficient time that he must deal very charily and cautiously with customs which had all the force of law, and he withdrew his order.

From Rulers of India: Akbar by Malleson, George Bruce

You felt instinctively that he was one who would take life seriously—perhaps a little too seriously—and that, whether it brought him joy or sorrow, he would admit the world but charily to his confidence.

From Nature's Serial Story by Roe, Edward Payson