cageyとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Initially US colloquial, of unknown origin.^[1][2]

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪdʒi/
• 韻: -eɪdʒi

形容詞

cagey (comparative cagier, superlative cagiest)

1. Wary, careful, shrewd.
   • 2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     But with both sides in the Premier League's bottom three before the game began, the three points at stake made for a cagey match.

2. Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.

   Synonyms: evasive, reticent

   • 2015 October 7, Alan Yuhas, “JFK: declassified documents reveal a cunning and cagey president”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     John F Kennedy’s secret talks with Soviet intelligence, surreptitious tape recordings and “girlfriend system” create a new portrait of a cunning and cagey JFK, according to a historian who has researched a treasure trove of recently released recordings and papers of the late president.

派生語

• cagily
• caginess

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