Word of the Day – Chary

Chary (adj)

chair-ee

Cautious, wary, or timid.

before 1000; Middle English; Old English cearig sorrowful ( c ( e ) ar ( u ) care + -ig -y 1 ); cognate with Old Saxon karag, Old High German karag ( German karg scanty, paltry)

Example sentences

“She was a rescue dog with a chary nature, who knows what she’d been through”