Associations to the word «Cagey»

Wiktionary

CAGEY, adjective. Wary, careful, shrewd
CAGEY, adjective. Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

Dictionary definition

CAGEY, adjective. Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound".
CAGEY, adjective. Characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca