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adjective* * *['kei‹i](secretive: He's very cagey about his plans.) verschlossen- academic.ru/85038/caginess">caginess* * *cag·ey[ˈkeɪʤi]everytime I ask him about it, he becomes very \cagey er antwortet jedes Mal ausweichend, wenn ich ihn danach frageshe's \cagey about her age sie macht ein Geheimnis aus ihrem Alter* * *['keIdZɪ]adj (inf)vorsichtig; behaviour, answer also zugeknöpft (inf); (= evasive) ausweichendwhat are you being so cagey about? — warum tust du so geheimnisvoll?
she was very cagey about her age — sie hat aus ihrem Alter ein großes Geheimnis gemacht
he was very cagey about his plans — er hat mit seinen Absichten hinterm Berg gehalten
* * *cagey [ˈkeıdʒı] adj (adv cagily) umg1. verschlossen:be very cagey about ein großes Geheimnis machen aus2. vorsichtig3. US schlau, gerissen umg* * *adjective* * *adj.gerissen adj.raffiniert adj.
См. также в других словарях:
cagily — 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
cagily — adverb in a cagey manner I don t know yet, he answered cagily • Syn: ↑circumspectly • Derived from adjective: ↑circumspect (for: ↑circumspectly), ↑cagy … Useful english dictionary
cagily — adverb see cagey … New Collegiate Dictionary
cagily — See cagey. * * * … Universalium
cagily — adverb In a cagy manner … Wiktionary
cagily — adv. secretly, discreetly; cautiously, guardedly … English contemporary dictionary
cagily — ca·gi·ly … English syllables
cagily — See: cagey … English 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
circumspectly — adverb in a cagey manner I don t know yet, he answered cagily • Syn: ↑cagily • Derived from adjective: ↑circumspect, ↑cagy (for: ↑cagily) … Useful english dictionary
cagey — [[t]ke͟ɪʤi[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is being cagey about something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it. He is cagey about what he was paid for the… … English dictionary