Definition of Cagily

1. Adverb. In a cagey manner. "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily"

Exact synonyms: Circumspectly
Partainyms: Cagy, Circumspect

Definition of Cagily

1. in a cagey manner [adv]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cagily

cagefuls
cagelike
cageling
cagelings
cager
cagers
cages
cagework
cageworks
cagey
cageyness
cageynesses
cage in
cagier
cagiest
cagily (current term)
caginess
caginesses
caging
Cagliostro
Cagney
cagot
cagots
Cagot ear
cagoul
cagoule
cagoules
cagouls
cags
cagy

Literary usage of Cagily

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1. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1880)
"the price of their labour much above what is due to the nature of their work. The inhabitants of the country, dispersed in distant places, cannot cagily ..."

2. Dead Man Running: The True Story of a Secret Agent's Escape from the Ira and by Martin McGartland (2000)
"I asked cagily for I still wasn't sure he was the man I recalled. 'It's not what you can do for me,' he replied, 'it's what I can do for you. ..."

3. History: Chronology 1: Second Edition by Anatoly Fomenko (2007)
"Of course, the theologians of our age cagily interpret those as an "allegory" of sorts. Champfleury in his attempt to make the monastic life of Western ..."

4. Maggie's Too by Paul E. Furdon (2001)
"He wrote cagily as follows: Dear friends at Gold's: We, at Maggie's, are trying to ascertain whether you guys at Gold's are now into flagellation or simply ..."

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