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cagey
[key-jee]
adjective
cautious, wary, or shrewd.
a cagey reply to the probing question.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms: ,
cagey
/ ˈɪɪ /
adjective
informalnot open or frank; cautious; wary
Other 51Թ Forms
- cagily adverb
- caginess noun
- cageyness noun
- ˈԱ noun
- ˈ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cagey1
Example Sentences
With what's at stake, though, it might be a little cagier than that.
In a cagey encounter, players appeared fatigued with both teams untidy in possession and lacking quality in the final third.
I'm still backing them here, but it is going to be a cagey game, and they might have to wait to make the breakthrough before a couple of late goals get the job done.
Musk was cagey in public at the time, simply writing in a social media post: "Initial results show promising neuron spike detection."
Italy piled more misery on Wales by dominating a cagey Six Nations basement battle in Rome.
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