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coyly
coy C0711800 (koi)adj. coy·er, coy·est 1. a. Affectedly and often flirtatiously shy or modest: "I pictured myself as some sylvan deity, and she a coy wood nymph of whom I was in pursuit" (Washington Irving).b. Characterized by or suggesting such shyness or modesty: "How absurd I must have looked standing there before him ... a coy little simper on my foolish young face" (Jane Avrich).2. Unwilling to make a commitment or divulge information: "As a child, when I asked my mother her age she was coy and evasive" (Lynne Sharon Schwartz).3. Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved: "The children were staring up at him, too coy to question him and too curious not to stare" (Edwidge Danticat).
[Middle English, from Old French quei, coi, quiet, still, from Vulgar Latin *quētus, from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere, to rest; see kweiə- in Indo-European roots.]
coy′ly adv.coy′ness n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | coyly - in a coy manner; "she pouted and looked at him coyly" |
Translationscoy (koi) adjective (pretending to be) shy. She gave her brother's friend a coy smile. 靦腆的 怕羞的，腼腆的 ˈcoyly adverb 靦腆地 害羞地，羞怯地 ˈcoyness noun 靦腆 怕羞，腼腆 ThesaurusSeecoy |