"cagey" is an accepted word in written English.
It is an adjective that means cautious, careful, and suspicious. It can be used to refer to both people and animals. Example sentence: The tiger was cagey as it approached the unfamiliar scent.
Advisers have been cagey about why the president is returning to Washington, saying only that he plans to hold in-person meetings at the White House.
He thundered, "I will not rest" until Christian pastor Saeed Abedini is released from Iranian prison, but was cagey about what his wakefulness entailed: "everything within our power, within our voice, from the White House, from the State Department, from our government" stops conspicuously short of military intervention.
After a cagey start Mihael Kovacevic broke into the Caley box but he overran the ball before he could cut it back into a dangerous position.
Geoff Miller is not just the most diligent of men, covering thousands of miles in his role as national selector, but he is cagey with it.
After a cagey opening David Villa put Atlético ahead on 38 minutes before going off injured.
One day, during the writing of the film, Stephen Beresford turned up at Mike's flat: "He was extraordinarily cagey.
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner is notoriously cagey about unveiling plot details in advance, so don't expect any big reveals from the first teaser for its upcoming final season.
In an interview on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday morning, the former Maryland governor remained cagey about a potential bid for the White House, saying: "I'll make a decision this spring".
(Exactly which metal, all of the companies involved are being cagey about).
China is particularly cagey about the size, status and capabilities of its nuclear forces and opaque about the doctrinal approach that might govern their use.
With patents still pending, he is cagey about the details, but the principle is to trap relevant molecules using columns made of metal or silica that are the width of a human hair.
