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chary
English
Etymology
From Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chari? (“concerned with, diligent; sad, sorrowful; of a person: cherished, loved”), from Old English ?eari? (“careful; pensive; chary, wary; anxious, sad, sorrowful; dire, grievous”), from Proto-West Germanic *karag (“anxious; sad”), from Proto-Germanic *kar? + *-gaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?eh?r- (“exclamation; voice”) + *-kos (suffix forming adjectives with the meaning ‘pertaining to; typical of’)); analysable as care +? -y.
The English word is cognate with Danish karrig (“miserly, stingy”), Dutch karig (“austere, scant, sparing”), Norwegian karrig (“barren; meagre; poor”), Old High German charag, karag (“sparing”) (modern German karg (“barren; meagre, poor”)), Old Saxon carag, karag, Swedish karg (“austere; barren; hungry; needy, poor”). See further at care.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t????i/
- (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /?t????i/
- (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /?t???i/
- Rhymes: -???i
- Homophone: cherry (in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)
- Hyphenation: cha?ry
Adjective
chary (comparative charier, superlative chariest)
- Careful, cautious, shy, wary.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cautious
- Antonyms: unchary; see also Thesaurus:careless
- Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious.
- Antonym: unchary
- Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing.
- Antonym: unchary
- (obsolete) Cared for, regarded as precious; cherished.
- Antonym: unchary
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
chary (comparative more chary, superlative most chary)
- Synonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cautiously
- Antonyms: carelessly, incautiously, uncarefully, uncautiously, unwarily
References
Anagrams
- -archy, archy
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heedful
English
Alternative forms
- heedfull (archaic)
Etymology
heed +? -ful
Adjective
heedful (comparative more heedful, superlative most heedful)
- taking heed
- paying close attention; mindful
Antonyms
- heedless
Derived terms
- heedfully
- heedfulness
Translations
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