- cageyness
- noun see cagey
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cageyness
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cageyness — cagey (also cagy) ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ uncommunicative owing to caution or suspicion. DERIVATIVES cagily adverb caginess (also cageyness) noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
cageyness — n. shrewdness, guardedness, wariness, secretness … English contemporary dictionary
cageyness — ca·gey·ness … English syllables
cageyness — noun see cagey I * * * cagˈiness, cagˈyness or cagˈeyness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑cagey … Useful english dictionary
cagey — also cagy adjective (cagier; est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1893 1. hesitant about committing oneself < officials are cagey about giving out details > 2. a. wary of being trapped or deceived ; shrewd … New Collegiate Dictionary
cagey — cagily, adv. caginess, cageyness, n. /kay jee/, adj., cagier, cagiest. cautious, wary, or shrewd: a cagey reply to the probing question. Also, cagy. [1890 95, Amer.; CAGE + Y1] Syn. careful, prudent, leery, chary. Ant … Universalium
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