charily

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for charily
Adverb
  • Mamdani, often viewed warily by business leaders, has been quietly working to ease concerns about his progressive platform, with mixed success.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Most of my clients - small and mid-sized business owners - are watching this technology warily.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • His crossing has often been a source of frustration, sometimes ballooning the ball too often, taking too long to put it into the area or cutting back on himself hesitantly.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The clip shows the massive American bully hesitantly backing away from a tiny, energetic puppy.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • It was critically acclaimed and won Thornton an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Among those critically wounded was Officer Tim Matson, who engaged the shooter and shared his experience for the first time.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Daedone looked at me quizzically.
    Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Sanders interjected incredulously during a 2015 interview with the liberal columnist Ezra Klein.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Turner incredulously fired back.
    Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Charily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charily. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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