cagy

Adjective

• characterized by great caution and wariness
  • a cagey avoidance of a definite answer
    
  • chary of the risks involved
    
  • a chary investor
    

• showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  • a cagey lawyer
    
  • too clever to be sound
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cagey , chary , canny , clever