cagey
adjective
cautious, wary, or shrewd.
caginess
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a word derived from
cagey.
Example Sentences
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A chilly impasse results, exaggerated by Ms. Dusapin’s curious caginess in sharing background information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
I think there's also a wily caginess to him — but I think it's been born out of experience.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2020
Pitt feels freshly accessible because of what we were used to getting, for so long—a clear caginess about the line between Brad Pitt the man and the characters he made famous.
From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2020
With a bright, grainy voice and impulsive temperament, the tenor Alexander Lewis conveys the panic and caginess of this haunted-looking character.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2017
Had anyone paid real attention to her subject—and not the styling of her hair—he might have noticed that she was circling a monumental conceptual advance, albeit with deliberate caginess.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
