What does cagey mean?
Cagey means Wary, careful, shrewd..
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/ˈkeɪd͡ʒi/ · adjective
Wary, careful, shrewd..
Samara: I will be in the shadows watching, Shepard. You will never be alone -- this I swear. But you cannot barge in with guns and allies. Samara: Morinth is far too cagey -- she'd simply disappear. This is a subtle, delicate act. Trust me.
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.
John F Kennedy’s secret talks with Soviet intelligence, surreptitious tape recordings and “girlfriend system” create a new portrait of a cunning and cagey JFK, according to a historian who has researched a treasure trove of recently released recordings and papers of the late president.
Use cagey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cagey means Wary, careful, shrewd..
Common synonyms include evasive, reticent, shy, clever.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Samara: I will be in the shadows watching, Shepard. You will never be alone -- this I swear. But you cannot barge in with guns and allies. Samara: Morinth is far too cagey -- she'd simply disappear. This is a subtle, delicate act. Trust me.
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