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cagey
/ ˈkeɪdʒɪ /
adjective
- informal.not open or frank; cautious; wary
Derived Forms
- ˈcaginess, noun
- ˈcagily, adverb
Other Words From
- cagi·ly adverb
- cagi·ness cagey·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cagey1
Example Sentences
Many birders are cagey about owl sighting locations out of respect for the solitary birds’ privacy and safety, so you likely won’t get far by searching the web.
Gig companies have sometimes been cagey about how much their workers make, and they’re often changing their formulas.
Gamaleya has been cagey with its data, too, despite having a four-month head-start on Western pharmas.
When detectives asked him about his conversation with Lewis, Gilbert was cagey, saying it concerned a “personal matter.”
Podcast’s ad dollars may be growing, but Tenderfoot TV founder Donald Albright knows how cagey buyers can be.
Obama has been cagey about where he stands, not wanting to anger environmentalists.
I can see how it would make people come across as cagey or aloof.
Pelton is raising money for a trip to central Africa—he says he will be in four countries, and is cagey about naming them.
And this may well be why the Obama administration is using cagey language to hedge on its commitments.
However, after some maneuvering by Leno, his cagey manager, and NBC executives, Leno was named host of Tonight.
He would be cagey enough to stay ignorant of any overt strife or any other skullduggery that could be laid at his door.
It was wonderful how sort of patriotic and unselfish and religious and cagey he always was.
Theyve got Rawlings for a manager and hes one of the most cagey men in the game.
If they really have a ‘man wanted’ sign hung on him he would be too cagey to come around here today.
Cagey explained the situation, and from then on to train time, Hal was patted and petted and given dainties from lunch baskets.
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