CAGEY


Meaning of CAGEY in English

(also cagy )

■ adjective ( cagier , cagiest ) informal uncommunicative owing to caution or suspicion.

Derivatives

cagily adverb

caginess (also ~ness ) noun

Origin

early 20th cent. (orig. US): of unknown origin.

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