Chary vs Artful - What's the difference?
chary | artful | Related terms |
(obsolete) Sad; sorrowful; grievous.
Disposed to cherish with care; careful.
Cautious; wary; shy.
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*1598 , Shakespeare, lines 11-12
* 2007 , Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant , ISBN 978-0-399-15446-1 Page 182
Sparing; not lavish; not disposed to give freely.
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Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
Artificial; imitative.
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
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Chary is a related term of artful.
As adjectives the difference between chary and artful
is that chary is (obsolete) sad; sorrowful; grievous while artful is performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.chary
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Adjective
(er)- The chariest maid is prodigal enough'' / ''If she unmasks her beauty to the moon.
- Bearing thy heart, which I will keep so chary / ''As tender nurse her babe from faring ill
- "...When Lord Berek speaks with you and your companions alone, as he must, be chary in your replies."
artful
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Where the Czech upstart Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight. }}