cagey

English

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Alternative forms

• cagy

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪdʒi/

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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”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     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, reticent.

Derived terms

• cagily
• caginess

Translations

wary, careful, shrewd

• Bulgarian: предпазлив (bg) (predpazliv), потаен (bg) (potaen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小心的 (zh), 谨慎的 (zh)

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• Finnish: ovela (fi)
• German: zurückhaltend (de)

uncommunicative

• Bulgarian: необщителен (bg) (neobštitelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有戒心的 (zh)

• Finnish: varautunut (fi)
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• German: schweigsam (de)
• Maori: whakatōngā

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• German: ^{(please verify)} ausweichend (de)
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• Icelandic: slóttugur (is) m, slunginn m, aðgætinn og kænn m, út undir sig
• Norwegian: avvisende, unnvikende (no)