cagey
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Synonyms
artful, beguiling, crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily
Antonyms
artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning
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The Petrel team has been a little cagey about Hornet's precise location, and for good reason. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Explorers Discover the Wreck of the Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet, Sunk in World War II," 12 Feb. 2019 It’s hard to put that in perspective because most boat companies are notoriously cagey about listing prices, but a Sea Fox 226 Commander center console shows a dealer asking $66,995 with a 200-hp Yamaha and no trailer. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Testing the Yamaha 210 FSH: The Boat That Blew Up the Formula," 31 Aug. 2018 Five submarines are participating in RIMPAC, but authorities are being a little cagey about which ones. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Here Are the 50-Plus Ships That Participated in the Navy's Pacific Wargames," 2 Aug. 2018 Egypt coach Hector Cuper, was cagey when asked Sunday about Kadyrov's use of Salah to make political gains. — Hemza Hendawi, chicagotribune.com, "Reports: Salah considering retirement from Egypt due to Chechnya controversy," 25 June 2018 Whilst Gracia took some positives from today's game, such as the return of Craig Cathcart, his team were largely toothless, creating few chances in a cagey game. — SI.com, "Javi Gracia Bemoans 'Cruel' Game as Late Huddersfield Strike Denies Watford a Deserved Draw," 15 Apr. 2018 The automaker is still negotiating the particulars of the deal, has not divulged which city will host this program, and being cagey on details like how many cars will make up the robo-fleet. — Jack Stewart, WIRED, "Mercedes Will Launch Self-Driving Taxis in California Next Year," 10 July 2018 The first round of group games is cagey, cautious; everyone worries that this year’s competition will be the worst in history. — Rory Smith, New York Times, "This Is When the World Cup Surprises End. Usually.," 29 June 2018 The opening exchanges were a little cagey, with plenty of fouls and little fluency from either side. — SI.com, "Sweden 1-0 South Korea: Dream Start for Swedes as Granqvist Penalty Breaks Koreans' Resistance," 18 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cagey.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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