charinessn.
/ˈtʃɛːrɪnɪs/ 1. The quality of being chary; caution; scrupulous care; heedfulness, circumspectness; sparingness.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > scrupulous care or attention to detail
chariness1571
minuteness1640
exactness1645
particularity1669
nicety1711
exactitude1735
narrowness1817
particularness1859
scrupulousness1863
detail1868
scrupulosity1879
meticulosity1887
meticulousness1909
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun]
wareness971
warelinessc1000
warningc1000
beseeing1340
cautel1531
warefulness1548
wariness1552
chariness1571
circumspectness1581
circumspection1598
warisomeness1607
guard1609
cautionateness1619
cautelousnessa1624
cautiona1639
cautiousness1649
guardedness1807
cacannyness1917
pussy-footedness1917
pussyfooting1956
leeriness1961
the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun]
sparing1377
sparingc1386
spelingc1420
parsimony?a1475
parcity1509
frugality1531
spare1577
spare1577
sparingness1579
sparefulnessa1586
savingness1668
frugalness1727
spareness1826
chariness1849
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lix. 6) Hee commendeth..his peculiar charines which hee beareth towards his children.
1592 R. Greene Disput. Conny-catcher sig. Ev Nor doo their charinesse for a moneth, warrant their chastitie for euer.
a1600 R. Hooker Serm. Faith in Eccl. Politie (1617) 91 It behoueth vs with so much the greater charinesse to wade through it, taking special heed both what we build, and whereon we build.
1681 Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. 2, in Wks. VI. 19 Keeping the word relates to our chariness and tenderness of it, when we are as chary of the word as a man would be of a precious jewel.
1849 F. W. Robertson Serm. 1st Ser. iii There was no fastidious over-refined chariness in the use of that name.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [noun] > scrupulous care or attention to detail > scrupulous care of anything
charinessa1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 94 I wil consent to act any villany against him, that may not sully the charinesse of our honesty. View more context for this quotation
1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. vii. 126 To preserve however the chariness of their reputation.
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