chary

[LukeJavan8]

chary

chary \CHAIR-ee\, adjective:

1. Wary; cautious.
2. Not giving or expending freely; sparing.

[Perry]

Good word. (If I say more, I miss the spirit of the word. )

[Slava]

Agreed, good word. Especially as I need to be chary of how I pronounce it. I am in the habit of making the first syllable sound like the first syllable of "generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless". I must unlearn that and be fruitful in my pronunciation.

[Audiendus]

Just make it rhyme with Mary, vary, wary and scary.

[MTC]

Evil Knievel loved a dare
He crossed Snake Canyon like a hare
If he were more chary
It would not have been scary


MTC

[LukeJavan8]

I get goosebumps just thinking of that.