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cagey

/ˈkeɪdʒi/adjective

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कुछ बताने से कतराने वाला, गोलमोल बात करने वाला, चुप्पी साधे हुए

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adjectivecagier, cagiest
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    [usually not before noun] ~ (about sth) informal

    not willing to give information or to say what you think

    कुछ बताने से कतराने वाला, गोलमोल बात करने वाला, चुप्पी साधे हुए

    • The company was cagey about its plans to cut jobs.
    • When I asked about her salary, she became rather cagey.

    Synonyms secretive guarded evasive reticent tight-lipped

    Opposite open frank forthcoming candid

◇Word family
cagily adverbcaginess noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

Be cagey about something, as in 'cagey about his age'.

Be cagey about something सही है, जैसे 'cagey about his age'।