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Cagy

adjective
1.
Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.  Synonyms: cagey, canny, clever.  "Too clever to be sound"
2.
Characterized by great caution and wariness.  Synonyms: cagey, chary.  "Chary of the risks involved" , "A chary investor"






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"Cagy" Quotes from Famous Books



... away: About two year ago last Chrismus I wuz punchin' cows over on Coburn's ranch. Chrismus Eve ther boys got some cagy, an' we all decided ter go inter Cut Bank, ther tradin' town some ten mile away, an' cellybrate. It wuz a bad night, with ther wind blowin' out o' ther nor'west, an' ther ...
— Ted Strong in Montana - With Lariat and Spur • Edward C. Taylor

... no. Far from it. But I'm still working for my M. R. S. degree, and I haven't succeeded in snaring it yet. You'd be surprised at how cagy those officers got after a few of them had been captured. But they are just like any other hunted game, I suppose—the antelopes that survive get pretty wild, you know," she ...
— Spacehounds of IPC • Edward Elmer Smith



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