Alesha Dixon

I used to be cagey about my love life. I was cagey for four years. Az and I only decided to come out because we were pregnant. Otherwise, we would have kept it quiet. It really was a case of staying private. I am not one of those people who frivolously throws their private life out there.

British Musician

Eddie Vedder

I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.

American Musician

John Rhys-Davies

There is a demographic catastrophe happening in Europe that nobody wants to talk about, that we daren't bring up because we are so cagey about not offending people racially.

Welsh Actor

Timothy Noah

Romney has become reluctant to say that human activity causes global warming, and even in his greener days he was always somewhat cagey about which remedies he'd support.

American Journalist

Gord Downie

When you write and make music, there's a tendency to save stuff... to be cagey, to be savvy.

Canadian Musician

James Herbert

I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

English Writer

Ben Mendelsohn

Australian Actor

Used when someone intentionally withholds information or is being deliberately vague.

Hide the Truth

May imply that the person has something to hide or is involved in something dishonest.

Suspicious Behavior

To be cagey often means avoiding a direct answer to a direct question.

Avoid Directness

Being cagey is often about avoiding risks, in actions or speech.

Risk Aversion

Can imply a strategic choice to conceal one's intentions or plans.

Strategic Secrecy

Being cagey can be a method of self-protection in uncertain or dangerous situations.

Self-Protection

Cagey individuals may avoid making a firm decision in order to keep their options open.

Decision Ambiguity

Use cagey when someone gives answers that are roundabout rather than straightforward.

Indirect Answers

 how he's doing yes welcome welcome I'm feeling much better you nearly got to see what I had for lunch yesterday on Drive but I have recovered and we've got that lovely little cagey dude who's been catching a ride he just landed on the car good