cagey

  • (s) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
    • a cagey lawyer
    • too clever to be sound
    cagy, canny, clever,
  • (s) characterized by great caution and wariness
    • a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
    • chary of the risks involved
    • a chary investor
    chary, cagy,

Synonyms

cagy canny clever chary

Words of close approximity

cager
cage cagy
cager