- COY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
shy, bashful, diffident, modest, coy mean not inclined to be forward shy implies a timid reserve and a shrinking from familiarity or contact with others
- COY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
COY definition: 1 intentionally keeping something secret: 2 (especially of women) being or pretending to be shy… Learn more
- COY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Coy definition: artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish See examples of COY used in a sentence
- COY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If someone is being coy, they are unwilling to talk about something that they feel guilty or embarrassed about The hotel are understandably coy about the incident
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Definition of coy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
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Take the adjective coy for a person who pretends to be shy but really isn't, or someone who could give a definite answer but won't Coy behavior can be playful or just plain annoying
- coy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English coy, from Old French coi, earlier quei (“quiet, still”), from Latin qu (i)ētus (“resting, at rest”) Doublet of quit, quiet, quite and quietus
- Coy - definition of coy by The Free Dictionary
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)
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