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Significats de cagey en anglès

Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.

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Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself.

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Examples for "clever"
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However the team found a clever way of working out the age.
Radio NZ
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At first he thought simply of clever questions to ask the Sage.
Mixed Magics
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MagSafe is extremely clever as a concept and exceedingly fine in reality.
The Verge
4
The vibe knob is a clever solution to a thorny social problem.
Wired
5
There's some really clever use of pixelation and freezing and different points.
The Irish Times
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Independent coffee shop owners can succeed by being canny about location, however.
The Irish Times
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Now Crystal Palace are feeling the benefits of Allardyce's canny transfer work.
The Guardian
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I have forgotten the password that seemed so canny two months ago.
The Irish Times
4
The technician in charge was a canny white-haired Scotsman named John McKenzie.
Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Chapters 1 and 2
5
One choice bit of evidence he secured in a most canny manner.
The Man from Brodney's
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Modoc narrowed his eyes in a cagy expression.
Navigators of Dune
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You'd be surprised at how cagy those officers got after a few of them had been captured.
Spacehounds of IPC
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The damn college administration is being cagy.
All the pretty dead girls
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The little man had cagy eyes and he used them on the whole room before he got around to me.
One night stands & lost weekends
5
Although, to be fair, they've been acting more cagy than usual lately, hiding out in meetings with strange suits from other departments.
The Atrocity Archives

Characterized by great caution and wariness.

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Ús de cagey en anglès
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Minurso officers are cagey about the last time ceasefire terms were violated.
Reuters
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I asked them some questions about Jamila, and they were definitely cagey.
Evanly bodies
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He wouldn't give you the time of day; he was too cagey.
The big bite
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You had to be careful with Cello; she was so socially cagey.
Black Deutschland
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I couldn't tell if he was being cagey, or was simply obtuse.
Speaking in Bones
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Which, in truth, was Ivy being not so much cagey as timid.
Seveneves
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Even when I convince him I'm not a fed, he remains cagey.
The Guardian
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Beyond his status as a liberal legend, Teddy was a cagey operator.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
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He was cagey when he talked about those who had aided him.
Ghost wars
10
With a couple of bucks at stake even honest men go cagey.
Ten From Infinity
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I asked what kind of tithes, and she got a little cagey.
Faefever
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But the old man's always been cagey as hell about such things.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
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Payne was cagey about the exact number of men involved in the occupation.
The Guardian
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Asked if she'd seen Nick since leaving The Bachelor, Cass was again cagey.
News.com.au
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He's cagey when asked about what the future holds for him.
The Guardian
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Several cagey souls moved among dancers, darting into corners upon request.
The new yorker
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