[
UK
/kˈeɪdʒi/
]
[ US /ˈkeɪdʒi/ ]
[ US /ˈkeɪdʒi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
too clever to be sound
a cagey lawyer -
characterized by great caution and wariness
a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
chary of the risks involved
a chary investor
How To Use cagey In A Sentence
- The Champions League is always a bit cagey. The Sun
- KURTZ: When Lou Dobbs abruptly quit CNN, he was kind of cagey about what he'd do next. CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2009
- Chances were at a premium in a cagey first half ruined by high winds and a total inability to mount dangerous attacks. The Sun
- He's acting mighty cagey for a guy who just reads the papers, don't you think?
- Even unscrupulous pragmatists might want to let their pragmatism rein in their deviousness: even today, computer-searchable archived text seems fundamentally not to be the best medium for winning influence by, um, cageyness. Tax Freedom Redux
- Chances were at a premium in a cagey first half ruined by high winds and a total inability to mount dangerous attacks. The Sun
- I was surprised to hear the former police commissioner of Mumbai, M.N. Singh, argue on my television show that he understood the cageyness of the government on this score. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
- To: sully777; vigl; Cagey; A.athar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; muleskinner; sausageseller; ... posted on 01/29/2010 1: 33: 18 PM PST Latest Articles
- With so much on the line I expect the games to be very cagey, tactical affairs for the first hour or so. The Sun
- Coach Bob Dwyer is playing it cagey over his choice of a replacement skipper.