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Definition of coyness in English: coynessnoun ˈkɔɪnəsˈkɔɪnəs mass noun1(especially in a woman) the quality of feigning shyness or modesty in an attempt to seem alluring. Example sentencesExamples - Bravely and unselfconsciously, this generous actress looks middle-aged, yet with that gangly tomboyish essence that allows her to play young without resorting to cosmetic artifice or girly-girl coyness.
- The customary number with children from the audience goes without gush or embarrassing coyness.
- Miss Austen also raises the question many intelligent women find themselves asking: Is all this coyness really necessary?
- I only answered by an incredulous smile, which, for all his monastic subtlety, struck him as the expression of a young girl's coyness.
- Lord of my heart, no more shall there be for me waiting in corners, no more coyness and sweetness of demeanour.
- He held her by the shoulders and looked straight into her eyes, past the familiar coyness and unfamiliar anger until he saw the quiet spot he was looking for.
- And then there's her apparent coyness about her breasts.
- Such coyness raises my suspicions a little.
- I could never predict what would set it off, the coyness or the flighty laughter that would usually gain me at least one attentive admirer for a night.
- In the subsequent intervals the females continually respond with near optimal coyness.
- Nor is it totally incomprehensible that some people find Britney's coyness in interviews disingenuous.
- Elizabeth was not so easy to give in to such coyness.
- My lady, fair and lovely and unkind, your gentle coyness wounds me to the heart.
- An elegant lady, he believed, initially refuses the proposals of a man whom she secretly admires; through her coyness she seeks to capture his heart more firmly.
- Machismo, an attitude of male superiority and sexism, is widespread (marianismo, an attitude of female passivity and coyness, is the counterpart of machismo).
- Her playful tone echoes these predecessors, but with a coyness that seems distinctly feminine.
- Why does Rebecca's coyness work?
- Mr. Darcy frowned while he normally enjoyed Miss Elizabeth's coyness, at time like these it could be most vexing.
- Passivity, submissiveness and coyness can be dangerous, and may create an atmosphere of sexual aggression.
- Suddenly the coyness was gone from her voice, replaced by genuine wistfulness.
Synonyms archness, simpering, coquettishness, flirtatiousness, kittenishness, skittishness shyness, modesty, bashfulness, reticence, diffidence, self-effacement, timidity, demureness 2The quality of being reluctant to give details about something regarded as sensitive; reticence. the company's coyness about their spring offering Example sentencesExamples - While the mayor may feign coyness, his friends have no hesitation in saying what he isn't "at liberty" to say.
- Am I utterly evil and cynical to think this coyness is the most clever way to raise investor interest?
- Stewart gestured crossing his heart and sealing his lips and laughed heartily at his master's coyness.
- The coyness about the price is, we presume, because the actual selling price will be dependent on the kinds of discount deals on offer.
- There's no mistaking his evil intent, so the coyness of the first half of the film, which slowly hints at it, seems utterly unnecessary.
- He loved gossip, had a wicked salacious eye, a sly coyness, and he actually snickered all the time, delicious and conspiratorial.
- But the coyness is a diversionary tactic: it masks the deep normative commitments that in fact saturate Smart's work.
- This Bach is not as reverently worshiped, it is adored with coyness, sparkle, and a twinkling eye.
- His coyness irritates me further.
- While the record's disposition may be a departure for these New Yorkers, their coyness in discussing it is not.
- Adults, who were shy as toddlers, had stronger brain activity in a part of the brain associated with coyness.
- Gould is describing a paradigm shift, and this fact is all the more obvious for his unwonted coyness in discussing it.
- Despite his after-the-event coyness, we all know who he is singing about.
- Yet agents and buying agents, with unusual coyness and some desperation, are reporting a lack of stock and turning away buyers.
- In an industry famed for its confidence and self-belief, there's no room for coyness or self-depreciation.
- There is no fear of such politically-correct coyness with Mr Strache.
- So why the coyness about these advances in political freedom?
- Stage fright masks itself as a domineering style, or as coyness, egoism, or pride.
- It is a classic example of the sort of nineteenth-century picture that can evoke admiration for its dazzling technique while inducing a vague nausea over its coyness and kitsch.
- From its impenetrable title to the insular instrumental segues between the real songs, the man's second record risks coyness at every turn.
Definition of coyness in US English: coynessnounˈkɔɪnəsˈkoinəs 1(especially in a woman) the quality of feigning shyness or modesty in an attempt to seem alluring. Example sentencesExamples - And then there's her apparent coyness about her breasts.
- Miss Austen also raises the question many intelligent women find themselves asking: Is all this coyness really necessary?
- An elegant lady, he believed, initially refuses the proposals of a man whom she secretly admires; through her coyness she seeks to capture his heart more firmly.
- The customary number with children from the audience goes without gush or embarrassing coyness.
- Bravely and unselfconsciously, this generous actress looks middle-aged, yet with that gangly tomboyish essence that allows her to play young without resorting to cosmetic artifice or girly-girl coyness.
- In the subsequent intervals the females continually respond with near optimal coyness.
- Elizabeth was not so easy to give in to such coyness.
- Machismo, an attitude of male superiority and sexism, is widespread (marianismo, an attitude of female passivity and coyness, is the counterpart of machismo).
- Her playful tone echoes these predecessors, but with a coyness that seems distinctly feminine.
- Suddenly the coyness was gone from her voice, replaced by genuine wistfulness.
- Lord of my heart, no more shall there be for me waiting in corners, no more coyness and sweetness of demeanour.
- Passivity, submissiveness and coyness can be dangerous, and may create an atmosphere of sexual aggression.
- Such coyness raises my suspicions a little.
- Nor is it totally incomprehensible that some people find Britney's coyness in interviews disingenuous.
- I could never predict what would set it off, the coyness or the flighty laughter that would usually gain me at least one attentive admirer for a night.
- I only answered by an incredulous smile, which, for all his monastic subtlety, struck him as the expression of a young girl's coyness.
- He held her by the shoulders and looked straight into her eyes, past the familiar coyness and unfamiliar anger until he saw the quiet spot he was looking for.
- Mr. Darcy frowned while he normally enjoyed Miss Elizabeth's coyness, at time like these it could be most vexing.
- My lady, fair and lovely and unkind, your gentle coyness wounds me to the heart.
- Why does Rebecca's coyness work?
Synonyms archness, simpering, coquettishness, flirtatiousness, kittenishness, skittishness 2The quality of being reluctant to give details about something regarded as sensitive; reticence. the company's coyness about their spring offering Example sentencesExamples - From its impenetrable title to the insular instrumental segues between the real songs, the man's second record risks coyness at every turn.
- Am I utterly evil and cynical to think this coyness is the most clever way to raise investor interest?
- In an industry famed for its confidence and self-belief, there's no room for coyness or self-depreciation.
- While the record's disposition may be a departure for these New Yorkers, their coyness in discussing it is not.
- There's no mistaking his evil intent, so the coyness of the first half of the film, which slowly hints at it, seems utterly unnecessary.
- He loved gossip, had a wicked salacious eye, a sly coyness, and he actually snickered all the time, delicious and conspiratorial.
- It is a classic example of the sort of nineteenth-century picture that can evoke admiration for its dazzling technique while inducing a vague nausea over its coyness and kitsch.
- Stewart gestured crossing his heart and sealing his lips and laughed heartily at his master's coyness.
- Despite his after-the-event coyness, we all know who he is singing about.
- This Bach is not as reverently worshiped, it is adored with coyness, sparkle, and a twinkling eye.
- His coyness irritates me further.
- So why the coyness about these advances in political freedom?
- While the mayor may feign coyness, his friends have no hesitation in saying what he isn't "at liberty" to say.
- Gould is describing a paradigm shift, and this fact is all the more obvious for his unwonted coyness in discussing it.
- Adults, who were shy as toddlers, had stronger brain activity in a part of the brain associated with coyness.
- But the coyness is a diversionary tactic: it masks the deep normative commitments that in fact saturate Smart's work.
- Yet agents and buying agents, with unusual coyness and some desperation, are reporting a lack of stock and turning away buyers.
- Stage fright masks itself as a domineering style, or as coyness, egoism, or pride.
- There is no fear of such politically-correct coyness with Mr Strache.
- The coyness about the price is, we presume, because the actual selling price will be dependent on the kinds of discount deals on offer.
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