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▪ I. coyly, adv.|ˈkɔɪlɪ|
[f. coy a. + -ly2.]
†1. Quietly. Obs.
c1475Partenay 2184 Ful coyly and preualy within entring.
2. In a coy manner, with display of shy reserve.
c1440Promp. Parv. 86 Coyly or sobyrly, modeste. 1592Greene Def. Conny-catch. (1859) 45 He very coyly badde them all welcome to his fathers house. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Love suffers no Parasol (R.), Then while ye coyley stand To hide me from those eyes. 1714Gay Trivia i. 261 At first she coyly ev'ry kiss withstood. 1839W. Irving Wolfert's Roost (1855) 271 The damsel hung her head coyly. 1842H. Rogers Introd. Burke's Wks. (1842) I. 41 Beautiful imagery..long sought and coyly won.
†3. Distantly, disdainfully, haughtily. Obs.
1673Lady's Calling i. §4 ⁋2 Putting on a supercilious gravity, looking coily and disdainfully upon all about them.
▪ II. † ˈcoyly, a. Obs. rare.
[f. coy a. + -ly1: cf. goodly, sickly, weakly.]
Having a coy appearance.
a1541Wyatt Poet. Wks. (1861) 127 In..coyly looks thou dost delight. |