Translations for „cagily“ in the English » German Dictionary

cagi·ly [ˈkeɪʤɪli] ADV inf

cagily

zögernd

cagily

zurückhaltend

to reply cagily

ausweichend antworten

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to reply cagily

ausweichend antworten

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If a normal person were going to deny something he knew to be true, he might be careful to deny it cagily.

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The game opened cagily, both teams scoring just one point in the first 15 minutes.

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Cagily comic and slyly subversive, it's written to defy our expectations.

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And she took it to claim the set and take the match to a decider, which started cagily until the fireworks arrived.

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She engaged with a faintly distant politeness, all the time cagily observing those on the shop-floor.

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Then, suddenly, it's over, a short set, careful and clever, cagily theatrical in its way.

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So he approached him cagily.

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Organisers rang him repeatedly but cagily, to insist (without saying why) that he should attend the award ceremony.

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Those two quickfire goals sealed a game where both sides started a little cagily.

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