Antonyms for charily


Grammar : Adv
Spell : chair-uh-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃɛər ə li


Definition of charily

  • As in gingerly : adv carefully
Example sentences :
  • She had heard her speak casually, but charily, of having lived in Fordham.
  • Extract from : « Ruth » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • Now they stretched themselves out on their elbows and began to puff, charily, and with slender confidence.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • He went and knocked, and, behold, the door was promptly but charily opened.
  • Extract from : « The Flaming Sword in Serbia and Elsewhere » by Mabel Annie Boulton Stobart
  • It is not a difficult task to praise a heroine, and one that should be indulged in but charily.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • O beauties, look to your busk-points; if not chastely, yet charily: be sure the door be bolted.
  • Extract from : « The Works of John Marston » by John Marston

Synonyms for charily

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