Characterized by great caution and wariness.
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Examples for "cagey "
Examples for "cagey "
1 Minurso officers are cagey about the last time ceasefire terms were violated.
2 I asked them some questions about Jamila, and they were definitely cagey .
3 He wouldn't give you the time of day; he was too cagey .
4 You had to be careful with Cello; she was so socially cagey .
5 I couldn't tell if he was being cagey , or was simply obtuse.
1 Modoc narrowed his eyes in a cagy expression.
2 You'd be surprised at how cagy those officers got after a few of them had been captured.
3 The damn college administration is being cagy .
4 The little man had cagy eyes and he used them on the whole room before he got around to me.
5 Although, to be fair, they've been acting more cagy than usual lately, hiding out in meetings with strange suits from other departments.
1 But even in this we should be chary of following inflexible rules.
2 The wine was diluting my chary vigilance, so I slowed my consumption.
3 After that the girl will be perhaps chary of seeking outside assistance.
4 Foreign ladies of high position must be chary of their public appearances.
5 I long for news of you, of which you are too chary .
6 He is chary of speech; not by any means a woman's man.
7 Mr. Brimsdown, always chary of unnecessary words, replied with a slight bow.
8 Be chary of refusing, but, having refused, do not change your mind.
9 Why should the world be so thin-skinned,-sofoolishly chary of human life?
10 Was Charles too exigeant with his demands, too chary of his daughter?
11 Second, local regulators may be chary of allowing already-big banks to expand further.
12 But the London police are sometimes chary in the exercise of their functions.
13 That's another reason why we're so chary of applying new inventions.
14 The writer is chary of assertion or denial in these matters.
15 But it behooves us all to be more chary in pledging it hereafter.
16 You are not chary enough of yourself in these public places.
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