Definitions

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  • adjective Alternative form of cagey.

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  • adjective characterized by great caution and wariness
  • adjective showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

Etymologies

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Examples

  • Nichols said the Obama administration is not being "cagy" but "strategic" in refusing to be pinned down on an estimate.

    unknown title 2009

  • Nichols said the Obama administration is not being "cagy" but "strategic" in refusing to be pinned down on an estimate.

    CNSNews.com Headlines 2009

  • Nichols said the Obama administration is not being "cagy" but "strategic" in refusing to be pinned down on an estimate.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2009

  • Nichols said the Obama administration is not being "cagy" but "strategic" in refusing to be pinned down on an estimate.

    unknown title 2009

  • Nichols said the Obama administration is not being "cagy" but "strategic" in refusing to be pinned down on an estimate.

    WIBW - HomePage - Headlines 2009

  • Why should they support a party pushing for a bill that claims to provide benefits but is so awfully cagy about what those benefits are?

    Matthew Yglesias » Obama’s Secret Tax Cut 2010

  • Smallmouths are smart, cagy fish, most especially so on water that sees lots of fishing pressure.

    Sneaky Pete Power 2009

  • I guess there's your WoW reference, given at a later plot point being just slightly cagy, although there's few surprises in the plot he has to try for an epic flying mount.

    Nelfs on Pandora 2010

  • (The ad stupidly accused the Republican Bachman of being soft on crime, and seems to be a version of the cagy but destructive and stupid "attack Republicans from the right" strategy).

    Opinion Roundup: Who Gets Credit, Rahm Or Netroots? 2009

  • My guess is that the DCCC discouraged her from making the kind of strong, straightforward case on the issues she would have been good at and conned or bullied her into running a cagy, deceptive campaign.

    Opinion Roundup: Who Gets Credit, Rahm Or Netroots? 2009

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