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Synonyms for cagey

Grammar : Adj
Spell : key-jee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkeɪ dʒi


Définition of cagey

Origin :
  • "evasive, reticent," 1896, U.S. colloquial, of unknown origin. Earlier in English dialect it meant "sportive."
  • adj tricky
Example sentences :
  • I expect clients to be cagey, to hold back information, and to lie.
  • Extract from : « A Spaceship Named McGuire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • It was wonderful how sort of patriotic and unselfish and religious and cagey he always was.
  • Extract from : « Yellowstone Nights » by Herbert Quick
  • Theyve got Rawlings for a manager and hes one of the most cagey men in the game.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe on the Giants » by Lester Chadwick
  • They've been drinking Blood all Morning and are feeling good and Cagey.
  • Extract from : « People You Know » by George Ade
  • Arne Copeland was a cagey youngster; nobody influenced him when he made up his mind.
  • Extract from : « Comet's Burial » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • Cagey explained the situation, and from then on to train time, Hal was patted and petted and given dainties from lunch baskets.
  • Extract from : « Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 » by Frances M.A. Roe
  • Hal is in the house now, with Cagey, and Billie is there also, and has the exclusive run of one room.
  • Extract from : « Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 » by Frances M.A. Roe
  • If they really have a ‘man wanted’ sign hung on him he would be too cagey to come around here today.
  • Extract from : « Danger at the Drawbridge » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • He would be cagey enough to stay ignorant of any overt strife or any other skullduggery that could be laid at his door.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • Doc Stooders such a cagey old monkey he wouldnt let me put on paper just what I wanted you to whack in on.
  • Extract from : « Dust of the Desert » by Robert Welles Ritchie

Antonyms for cagey

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