cagey

In truth, I found this a bit cagey.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Big companies have been exceedingly cagey about how they’re going to spend the refunded money.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Food professionals from haute cuisine down to trend-savvy sandwich shops tend to be cagey about where they get their ramps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

A second US official was cagey when asked about whether an extension was likely to be agreed on Trump's trip.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

It was evident from her cagey behavior that, whatever the topic, this conversation would not end well.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Clowes himself is cagier about how to interpret “Monica” — and in particular its startling ending, which Aster described as a “gut punch.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

The crowd - and a Grand Slam on the line - might make this a cagier affair.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2023

Judge was cagier about his contract talks with the Yankees.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2022

The answer here was cagier, and I was asked not to quote it directly.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2021

The athletes, less forthright about their body-image issues, were cagier about their usage.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2020

Few can parry like Bacon — and he was at his cagiest about his work, speaking abstractly of the importance of “chance” and “accident.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2021

Yet here she was, about to match wits with some of the cleverest and cagiest card players in the world.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2020

Though I had expected Johns to be guarded about his past or his personal life, it was a surprise to find him cagiest about his artistic process.

From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2019

She has a winsome translator, a force of loyal eunuch fighters and an adviser who happens to be the cagiest person in this entire story.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2016

"The cagiest bat flies once too often," he said.

From The Bat by Avery Hopwood