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cagey

cagey

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cagey (comparative cagier, superlative cagiest)

  1. wary, careful, shrewd
    • 2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:
      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.
  2. uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

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