cagey

English

Alternative forms

• cagy

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒi

Adjective

cagey (comparative cagier, superlative cagiest)

1. wary, careful, shrewd
   • 2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, BBC:

     But with both sides in the Premier League's bottom three before the game began, the three points at stake made for a cagey match.

2. uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

Derived terms

• cagily
• caginess

Translations

wary, careful, shrewd

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小心的 (cmn), 谨慎的 (cmn)

• Finnish: ovela (fi)

uncommunicative

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有戒心的 (cmn)

• Finnish: varautunut (fi)

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• Bulgarian: предпазлив (bg) (predpazliv), потаен (bg) (potaen), необщителен (bg) (neobštitelen)
• German: ausweichend

• Icelandic: slóttugur (is) m, slunginn (is) m, aðgætinn og kænn (is) m, út undir sig (is)
• Norwegian: avvisende (no), unnvikende (no)