charily
In guarded fashion
Charily means cautiously or warily, with careful restraint: She charily approached the subject of money.
The word suggests holding back, being sparing or reluctant to commit fully.
Someone who speaks charily about a topic avoids saying too much.
The adverb form of chary, it appears mainly in formal or literary contexts.
With careful judgment
- carefullyWith deliberate attention
- circumspectlyWith watchful prudence
- guardedlyWith protective caution
- warilyWith watchful caution
heedfully · gingerly · tentatively · delicately · judiciously · discreetly · deliberately · mindfully
With uncertain manner
- grudginglyWith reluctant compliance
- sparinglyIn limited amounts
- frugallyWith careful spending
- stingilyIn a cheap manner
parsimoniously · begrudgingly · miserly · thriftily · penuriously · niggardly · economically · measuredly
With doubt or distrust
- distrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- mistrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- doubtfullyIn an unconvinced way
- dubiouslyWith uncertainty or distrust
leery · incredulously · questioningly · cynically · apprehensively · uneasily · nervously · anxiously
prudently
With careful judgment
- carefullyWith deliberate attention
- circumspectlyWith watchful prudence
- guardedlyWith protective caution
warily · heedfully · gingerly · tentatively · delicately · judiciously · discreetly · deliberately · mindfully · scrupulously
hesitantly
With uncertain manner
- grudginglyWith reluctant compliance
- sparinglyIn limited amounts
- frugallyWith careful spending
stingily · parsimoniously · begrudgingly · miserly · thriftily · penuriously · niggardly · economically · measuredly · guardedly
skeptically
With doubt or distrust
- distrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- mistrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- doubtfullyIn an unconvinced way
dubiously · leery · incredulously · questioningly · cynically · apprehensively · uneasily · nervously · anxiously · edgily
charilyrecklessly
Acting without regard for danger
rashly · carelessly · heedlessly · foolhardily · incautiously
charilytrustingly
With naive belief
openly · freely · confidently · unreservedly · generously