chary

adj : characterized by great cautious and wariness; "a cagey

avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks

involved"; "a chary investor" [syn: {cagey}, {cagy}]

char

/keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ character.

Especially used by {C} programmers, as "char" is {C}'s

typename for character data.

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(1994-11-29)