caginess
Example Sentences
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A chilly impasse results, exaggerated by Ms. Dusapin’s curious caginess in sharing background information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
The caginess can’t be pinned solely on rogue prosecutors in Florida.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2024
I think there's also a wily caginess to him — but I think it's been born out of experience.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2020
Lee, rescuing the production with his veteran caginess, sharply individualizes Stokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2018
Had anyone paid real attention to her subject—and not the styling of her hair—he might have noticed that she was circling a monumental conceptual advance, albeit with deliberate caginess.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
