The word "chary" is correct and usable in written English
It is an adjective that can be used to describe someone or something that is cautious, guarded, or reluctant. Example sentence: The little girl was chary around the strange man, avoiding eye contact and keeping her distance.
Governments have been chary of the question of who pays, how much and when.
But private-sector investors may be chary of putting money into costly terminals that risk not being used if Europe slips back into accepting more cheap Russian gas.
Mutual funds might be chary of criticising their parent banks' clients, or they may even feel obliged to invest in their shares.
The only stipulation was that they should improve their lending record to the private sector (which could mean their stock of loans to businesses declining at a slower pace).Despite these generous terms, banks were chary about accepting the offer, borrowing only €83 billion in September.
For an organisation normally chary of meddling in its ten members' internal affairs it is an obvious area of potential co-operation.
Reluctant to give money to poor countries, rich countries' governments became equally chary of collecting debts from them.On June 11th, the debt-relief campaign won another triumph.
That is one reason why the alliance is chary of issuing a firm invitation.
The two countries most chary of opening their labour markets, Germany and Austria, are the two that directly border the ex-communist east Austrians point out that their wages are five times Slovakia's.
Many are chary of growing to a size that would hamper their usually flexible and aggressive trading style: though of course some find it hard to turn down new money.
It has been particularly chary of letting nuclear inspectors in.
But it is short of water, and locals are often chary of drillers and miners.
