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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;
- Example: "a cagey lawyer"
- Example: "too clever to be sound"
[syn: cagey, cagy, canny, clever]

2. characterized by great caution and wariness;
- Example: "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"
- Example: "chary of the risks involved"
- Example: "a chary investor"
[syn: cagey, cagy, chary]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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