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Significados de chary em inglês

Characterized by great caution and wariness.

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Examples for "cagey"
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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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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
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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
Uso de chary em inglês
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But even in this we should be chary of following inflexible rules.
How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) / A Complete...
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The wine was diluting my chary vigilance, so I slowed my consumption.
Desert places: a novel of terror
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After that the girl will be perhaps chary of seeking outside assistance.
The Crimson Blind
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Foreign ladies of high position must be chary of their public appearances.
The Fortunate Youth
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I long for news of you, of which you are too chary.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2
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He is chary of speech; not by any means a woman's man.
The Beetle: A Mystery
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Mr. Brimsdown, always chary of unnecessary words, replied with a slight bow.
The Moon Rock
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Be chary of refusing, but, having refused, do not change your mind.
Emile
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Why should the world be so thin-skinned,-sofoolishly chary of human life?
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
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Was Charles too exigeant with his demands, too chary of his daughter?
Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
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Second, local regulators may be chary of allowing already-big banks to expand further.
Reuters
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But the London police are sometimes chary in the exercise of their functions.
On the Stairs
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That's another reason why we're so chary of applying new inventions.
Brave New World
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The writer is chary of assertion or denial in these matters.
God, the Invisible King
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But it behooves us all to be more chary in pledging it hereafter.
State of the Union Addresses
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You are not chary enough of yourself in these public places.
The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
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