Synonyms:
cagey, cagy, chary
Meaning: characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"
Usage examples
Of this she was all unconscious, but was as chary with her fingers as though it seemed that she could ill spare her divinity.
He was not an ardent lover, but he was a conscientiously honorable one, and, apart from his respect for his betrothed, he was very impatient of interference with his affairs; and my lady was not chary of interfering when the fancy seized her.