'cagey' definitions:

Definition of 'cagey'

adjective

Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [syn: cagey, cagy, canny, clever]

adjective

Characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor" [syn: cagey, cagy, chary]

Synonyms of 'cagey'

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acute,
arch,
artful,
astute,
canny,
chary,
clever,
crafty,
cunning,
cute,
deceitful,
deep,
deep-laid,
designing,
diplomatic,
distrustful,
elusive,
elusory,
evasive,
feline,
foxy,
guileful,
ingenious,
insidious,
inventive,
knowing,
leery,
Machiavellian,
Machiavellic,
malingering,
mistrustful,
pawky,
politic,
ready,
resourceful,
scheming,
serpentine,
sharp,
shifty,
shirking,
shrewd,
shy,
slick,
slippery,
sly,
smooth,
snaky,
sneaky,
sophistical,
stealthy,
strategic,
subtile,
subtle,
supple,
suspecting,
suspicious,
tactical,
trickish,
tricksy,
tricky,
vulpine,
wary,
wily