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Meaning of CAGEY

Pronunciation:  'keyjee

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  characterized by great cautious and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"
  2. [adj]  showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
 
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 Synonyms: cagy, canny, cautious, chary, clever, smart
 

 

 

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 Related Terms: acute, arch, artful, astute, canny, chary, clever, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, distrustful, elusive, elusory, evasive, feline, foxy, guileful, ingenious, insidious, inventive, knowing, leery, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, malingering, mistrustful, pawky, politic, ready, resourceful, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shirking, shrewd, shy, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, suspecting, suspicious, tactical, trickish, tricksy, tricky, vulpine, wary, wily
 

 

 

 

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