cagily
- a word derived from cagey.
Example Sentences
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With the kids gathered, some wearing festive blue or red Christmas hats, Sliepova cagily asked if they wanted to meet someone.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
With the kids gathered, some wearing festive blue or red Christmas hats, Sliepora cagily asked if they wanted to meet someone.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Asked if he was feeling all right, Corden cagily said: “About what? What do you mean?”
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
That’s the work in its entirety: including both the arrival of the agents, repeatedly and cagily assuring Winner that her cooperation is voluntary, and Winner’s slightly manic, self-incriminating revelations about what she did, and why.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2021
“You say I’ve not been a good husband and a father,” my father said cagily.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
