Cagy
cagey.
cautious, wary, or shrewd:
a cagey reply to the probing question.
Historical Examples
On Secret Service William Nelson Taft
Spacehounds of IPC Edward Elmer Smith
Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist John T. McIntyre
Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford
adjective -ier, -iest
(informal) not open or frank; cautious; wary
adj.
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