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Another word for cagey

also cagy adjective

Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters:

astute, canny, knowing, perspicacious, shrewd, slick, smart, wise¹. (Informal) savvy. See ability, careful

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Today, if you contact any tattoo ink manufacturer to inquire what ingredients are in their products, you'll likely be met with cagey, guarded service representatives who claim, "It's a trade secret."
At sixty-two, he was as wiry as any of his men, and twice as cagey.
He was too cagey for her to understand what he felt.

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