caginess

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ca·gey

also ca·gy (kā′jē)

adj. ca·gi·er, ca·gi·est

1. Wary; careful: a cagey avoidance of a definite answer.

2. Crafty; shrewd: a cagey lawyer.

[Origin unknown.]

ca′gi·ly adv.

ca′gi·ness n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

سريّـه، تكتُّـم

tajnůstkářství

varfærni

ağzı sıkılık

caginess

[ˈkeɪdʒɪnɪs] N [of person, reply] → cautela f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

caginess

n (inf) → Vorsicht f, → Zugeknöpftheit f (inf); (= evasiveness) → ausweichende Art

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

cagey

(ˈkeidʒi) adjective

secretive. He's very cagey about his plans.

ˈcaginess noun

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