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Definition of Cagily
1. Adverb. In a cagey manner. "`I don't know yet,' he answered cagily"
Definition of Cagily
1. Adverb. In a cagy manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cagily
1. in a cagey manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cagily
Literary usage of Cagily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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