cagey
pronunciation
How to pronounce cagey in British English:
UK [ˈkeɪdʒi]
How to pronounce cagey in American English:
US [ˈkedʒi]
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- Adjective:
- showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- characterized by great cautious and wariness
Word Origin
- cagey (adj.)
- "evasive, reticent," 1896, U.S. colloquial, of unknown origin. Earlier in English dialect it meant "sportive."
Example
- 1. But germany is cagey about new stress tests and reluctant to recapitalise its institutions .
- 2. What makes " skin trade " a little different is itswillingness to call out the fur industry 's cagey public relationstactics .
- 3. With two sides from the same nation competing for the trophy , it was always likely to be a cagey affair .
- 4. Officials remain cagey about the timing of the reform and the launch of 3g .
- 5. Oilmen are usually cagey ; the chances of finding commercial oil in a well-charted prospect are around one in 20 .