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Cagey   /kˈeɪdʒi/   Listen
Cagey

adjective
(compar. cagier; superl. cagiest)
1.
Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.  Synonyms: cagy, canny, clever.  "Too clever to be sound"
2.
Characterized by great caution and wariness.  Synonyms: cagy, chary.  "Chary of the risks involved" , "A chary investor"






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"Cagey" Quotes from Famous Books



... wit 'im—he croaked some guy. He's a lifer. On de way to de pen he pushes dis dick off'n de rattler an' makes his get-away. Dat peter-boy we meets at Quincy slips me an earful about him. Here's w'ere we draws down de five hundred if we're cagey." ...
— The Mucker • Edgar Rice Burroughs



Words linked to "Cagey" :   smart, cautious



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