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What is the adjective for cagily?

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cagey
  1. wary, careful, shrewd.
  2. Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information, reticent.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She may seem friendly, but be careful around her—she's quite cagey and has a knack for manipulating others to get what she wants.”
      “The more cagey British ministers become about the evidence, the more likely are their opponents, and the media, to continue obsessing on the issue.”
      “She was cagey about joining the team, still uncertain if she had the necessary skills and doubting her ability to succeed.”
cagy
  1. Alternative form of cagey
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The staff was cagy, but confirmed my suspicion with slight, knowing expressions and small tight smiles of sympathy.”
      “At lunchtime, he snuck off, being very cagy about where he was to have lunch.”
      “You'd be surprised at how cagy those officers got after a few of them had been captured.”
cagier
  1. comparative form of cagy: more cagy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The right-wing press are being a lot cagier in their peacemongering now.”
      “Diplomats may now be cagier about what they put in cables, but their work has not ground to a halt.”
      “He seems cagier, more hemmed in by the perceived limitations of his office.”
cagiest
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