cagey
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- cageyness noun
- cagily adverb
- caginess noun
Etymology
Origin of cagey
Example Sentences
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The manufacturers have so far been quite cagey as to which method they are using - understandably, as individual intellectual property is at stake, as well as competitiveness.
From BBC
Given the stakes, a cagey start would have been excused, but these old rivals had other ideas during a thunderously captivating first half.
From BBC
Prior to that announcement, though, Weisz is cagey about the film.
From Los Angeles Times
The British pair levelled, before the hosts edged back ahead in a cagey third end and pinched another in the third.
From BBC
They went with serve and the seventh game was another tussle, Sabalenka holding for 4-3 after the best rally of a cagey affair.
From Barron's
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