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coycoy /kɔɪ/ adjective   coyOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French coi ‘calm’, from Latin quietus ‘quiet’ - Ben thinks Leah is just being coy.
- Her mother encouraged her to use her feminine charm, to be coy and alluring.
- Teresa blushed when she saw me and turned very coy.
- Cbin in hand, feet close together, there was something coy and flirty about her.
- He sat like a woman and talked like one, sending coy glances at all of us.
- Isabella, the next day, is full of coy importance, saying that Catherine must guess her secret.
- Marxist urban politics is now much more coy about all-embracing grand, theoretical claims.
- Officials are coy about the details.
- There was no twinkle in her eyes and no coy smile on her lips.
- Those who go quiet and coy even when offended need to work on this.
not confident about talking to people► shy not confident about talking to people, especially people you do not know: · David was always rather quiet and shy at school.· Carrie looked up at him and gave him a shy smile.painfully shy (=extremely shy): · He was painfully shy in public, but completely different at home with his family.too shy to do something: · I was too shy to ask her out on a date.go all shy spoken (=suddenly become very shy): · Look, she's gone all shy - stop teasing her.shy with girls/boys/adults etc (=shy when you are talking to girls, boys etc): · Because little Danny spent all his time with his mother, he was rather shy with men. ► timid frightened to talk to people or to give your opinion, because you have very little confidence: · Ralph's wife was a small, timid woman who hardly ever spoke.· "May I come in?" said a timid little voice. ► bashful someone who is bashful is unwilling to give their opinions or do something that they would enjoy, especially because they are embarrassed or afraid that they will look stupid: · Don't be bashful about telling your family how you feel.· Kirsty gave Willy a bashful grin. ► coy someone who is coy deliberately behaves in a shy way because they think it is attractive: · Teresa blushed when she saw me and turned very coy.· Her mother encouraged her to use her feminine charm, to be coy and alluring. ► diffident formal someone who is diffident does not like talking about their achievements or is not confident of their abilities: · Shaun became noticeably diffident when the conversation turned to the subject of his promotion.diffident about: · Joe was humble and diffident about his own success. 1shy or pretending to be shy in order to attract people’s interest:  She gave him a coy smile.2unwilling to give information about something OPP opencoy about Tania was always coy about her age.—coyly adverb—coyness noun [uncountable] |