cag´i|ness

cag´i|ness
cage|y «KAY jee», adjective, cag|i|er, cag|i|est.
Informal. shrewd and cautious; sharp and wary: »

a cagey answer. The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.

Also, cagy.
[American English; origin uncertain]
cag´i|ly, adverb.
cag´i|ness, noun.

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