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cagey

[ key-jee ]

adjective

cagier, cagiest.
  1. cautious, wary, or shrewd:

    a cagey reply to the probing question.

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cagey

/ ˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    not open or frank; cautious; wary
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԱ, noun
  • ˈ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i· adverb
  • i·Ա IJ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cagey1

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; cage + -y 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cagey1

C20: of unknown origin
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In a cagey encounter, players appeared fatigued with both teams untidy in possession and lacking quality in the final third.

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I'm still backing them here, but it is going to be a cagey game, and they might have to wait to make the breakthrough before a couple of late goals get the job done.

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Musk was cagey in public at the time, simply writing in a social media post: "Initial results show promising neuron spike detection."

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Italy piled more misery on Wales by dominating a cagey Six Nations basement battle in Rome.

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The tech industry tends to be cagey about water consumption.

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