adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Coach Bob Dwyer is playing it cagey over his choice of a replacement skipper.
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He gets very cagey whenever I ask him about his job.
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She's very cagey about what she spends her money on, don't you think?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result, agents are becoming even more cagey about developing raw talent.
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He has to be cagey , Billy, you should know that as well as anyone.
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His habitual London expression, cagey and mournful, was never to be seen.
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If he hadn't played so cagey with her, she'd have told him.
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The manager was more cagey about this.
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The rest of the league has been waiting for a belly flop, but the Giants' cagey right-hander refuses to wilt.
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Yet he was cagey and knew when to be blunt.