Definition of “chary”

Although Multivac had capacities that not all the world's problems consumed, it had grown chary , somehow, of its time.

And on the few occasions when she did she might well be chary of advertising her failure.

But I knew he was chary , especially about recommendations which seemed to foresee a fourth level of governance.

I have no doubt the banks, building societies, credit unions and post office will be chary about this.

Like Drake, these spice-seekers were seldom chary of robust methods.

Understandably, Moyes was chary of lauding his protege other than admitting: "He's a very good footballer and he wasn't overawed.

When Mr Rosenkranz took charge at BOC two years ago, he was chary of the health-care division.

Wipro is chary of revealing how much it will invest and how many people it will hire in its bioinformatics, but that isn't surprising.