Cagey
cautious, wary, or shrewd:
a cagey reply to the probing question.
Contemporary Examples
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Historical Examples
Highways in Hiding George Oliver Smith
A Spaceship Named McGuire Gordon Randall Garrett
Army Letters from an Officer’s Wife, 1871-1888 Frances M.A. Roe
Yellowstone Nights Herbert Quick
People You Know George Ade
adjective -ier, -iest
(informal) not open or frank; cautious; wary
adj.
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