Get to know Cagey better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like canny or clever.
Cagey in a sentence
Cagey meaning
- Wary, careful, shrewd.
- Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.
Using Cagey
- The main meaning on this page is: Wary, careful, shrewd. | Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.
- Useful related words include: cagy, canny, clever, smart.
- In the example corpus, cagey often appears in combinations such as: cagey about, after cagey, in cagey.
Context around Cagey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cagey
- In this selection, "cagey" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, turns, especially, first, opening and start stand out and add context to how "cagey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in a cagey first half and 10 especially cagey tricks they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cagey" sits close to words such as acadiana, adjoint and affixes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cagey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
What a great question and what a cagey question. (9 words)
Following are 10 especially cagey tricks they may use. (9 words)
However, the cagey pattern continued with few chances for either side. (11 words)
This will likely be a tense and cagey final decided by the odd goal, as was the group contest last month, but it also would not be a surprise to see it go all the way to extra time and penalties. (41 words)
Track world championships ahead of an Olympic Games can be cagey meetings, with the big nations sometimes reluctant to play their hands - although the British team will be airing their cutting-edge Hope-Lotus track bike. (36 words)
Following their Carabao Cup defeat to Southampton in the week, it was anticipated City would be quick out of the blocks, but it was United who enjoyed the better chances in a cagey first half. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
After a cagey first hour in Rome, Leonardo Spinazzola levelled the tie for the home team with a deflected shot.
Following their Carabao Cup defeat to Southampton in the week, it was anticipated City would be quick out of the blocks, but it was United who enjoyed the better chances in a cagey first half.
Inter had kept City goalless in a cagey first half marked by the injury-enforced exit of Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in the 36th minute, to be replaced by Phil Foden.
It turns out Dimitri is the one holding Kate hostage, but this conniving character will be cagey about his full agenda.
Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is cagey about revealing anything about his rumoured relationship with model Kendall Jenner.
There was little sign of what was to come after a cagey opening period.
Track world championships ahead of an Olympic Games can be cagey meetings, with the big nations sometimes reluctant to play their hands - although the British team will be airing their cutting-edge Hope-Lotus track bike.
What a great question and what a cagey question.
While the Islamic Emirate has been relatively open about revenues, it has been cagey about how it spends money.
But once his health is out of the woods, Patrick turns cagey about fulfilling his end of this mutually beneficial arrangement.
From the first whistle, it looked to be a cagey affair with early chances from both sides repelled by the other team's defence.
However, the cagey pattern continued with few chances for either side.
In a cagey opening, Harper slowly started to gain control as her experience started to show.
Mick Rate’s Hotspurs rink took control of their game after a cagey start to run out winners 30-7.
There were worrying scenes in Sunday’s cagey Group A contest at forward Varga had to be stretchered off the pitch after a mid-air collision with Angus Gunn in the 68th minute.
This will likely be a tense and cagey final decided by the odd goal, as was the group contest last month, but it also would not be a surprise to see it go all the way to extra time and penalties.
A first half own goal from Michael Sollbauer as he tried to block Patrick Bamford’s cut-back ensured Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds side took home all three points in a cagey Yorkshire derby.
Cagey start to the match with Nese catching Atlas with a kick and a strike to force him into the corner.
Despite a cagey second half, Chile did all the work in the first, with Arturo Vidal bagging a brace to gift Chile a 2-0 win, and all three points.
Following are 10 especially cagey tricks they may use.
Common combinations with cagey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cagey about 10×
- after cagey 4×
- in cagey 4×
- be cagey 4×
- cagey opening 4×
- cagey first 3×
- is cagey 3×
- cagey affair 3×
- been cagey 2×
- the cagey 2×