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[ key-jee ] / ˈkeɪ dʒi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cagey ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, cag·i·er, cag·i·est.cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question. Origin of cageyAn Americanism dating back to 1890–95; cage + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR cageycareful, prudent, leery, chary. SEE SYNONYMS FOR cagey ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR cageyopen, forthright. SEE ANTONYMS FOR cagey ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM cageycag·i·ly, adverbcag·i·ness, cag·ey·ness, nounWords nearby cageycage, cage bird, cage fighting, cageling, cager, cagey, cage zone melting, cag-handed, Cagliari, Cagliostro, cagmag Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cageyObama has been cagey about where he stands, not wanting to anger environmentalists. Can Obama and a Republican Senate Find Common Ground?|Eleanor Clift|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST I can see how it would make people come across as cagey or aloof. How One Doctor Mastered the Art of Delivering Life-Changing Diagnoses|Russell Saunders|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Pelton is raising money for a trip to central Africa—he says he will be in four countries, and is cagey about naming them. Robert Young Pelton on His Expedition To Find Joseph Kony|Amanda Sperber|November 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST However, after some maneuvering by Leno, his cagey manager, and NBC executives, Leno was named host of Tonight. It's Official: Jay Leno's Out at 'Tonight,' Jimmy Fallon Is In|Marlow Stern|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
South Carolinians are, on the whole, a God-fearing, loyal, polite, traditionalist and often, cagey people. South Carolina’s School of Conservatism|Scott Stenholm|January 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST They've been drinking Blood all Morning and are feeling good and Cagey. People You Know|George Ade It was wonderful how sort of patriotic and unselfish and religious and cagey he always was. Yellowstone Nights|Herbert Quick Arne Copeland was a cagey youngster; nobody influenced him when he made up his mind. Comet's Burial|Raymond Zinke Gallun If they really have a ‘man wanted’ sign hung on him he would be too cagey to come around here today. Danger at the Drawbridge|Mildred A. Wirt Cagey explained the situation, and from then on to train time, Hal was patted and petted and given dainties from lunch baskets. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888|Frances M.A. Roe
British Dictionary definitions for cagey
adjective -ier or -iestinformal not open or frank; cautious; wary Derived forms of cageycagily, adverbcaginess, nounWord Origin for cageyC20: of unknown origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cageywily, shrewd, circumspect, secretive, crafty, careful, cunning, leery, sly, wary |