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chary: adj. fastidious, shy, particular Ham. I. iii. 36 “The chariest maid” ;—adv. carefully Sonn. xxii. 11 “keep so chary As tender nurse her babe.”
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    • William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 1.3
    • William Shakespeare, Sonnets, xxii
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