[ UK /kˈɔ‍ɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɔɪ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
  2. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
    like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled
  3. showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement
    a politician coy about his intentions
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How To Use coy In A Sentence

  • The Liberal Democrats are also being coy and modest. Times, Sunday Times
  • McCoy had fully embraced the idea of belated fatherhood his declarations to the contrary notwithstanding. The Better Man
  • This magnificent bit of luck, the finding of the calisaya, awakened in the susceptible bosom of Mr. Marcoy an ardent desire to explore for himself the site of its discovery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
  • From plain backgrounds at the start, they moved on to intricate landscapes - landscapes now completely disassociated from the Impressionism that first reigned at Coyoacan. Printmaking - From Revolution To Establishment
  • Aside from the sanctity of my goats and all I am happy to have coyotes, catamounts, bears and other preditors in the woods, they are hallmarks of a heathy ecosystem with all of its components in place. The Coyote--to Shoot or Not to Shoot. That is the Question.
  • Personally, I begin waterfowl hunting, and me and my buddies put on a coyote hunt in January. With the big game season winding down in most areas. What is everyone doing to keep sharp and break the monotony of winter?
  • There are 36 species of Canidae, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals and foxes.
  • A rumor is floating about that the businessman is getting ready to waste millions again in a futile attempt to become governor, but that's relevant only to the coyotes who will take his money.
  • I was told last night that this storyboarded ending was only ever used to decoy the studio away from the real ending, which is the one they shot.
  • Decoys that can confuse the homing sensor in the interceptor are the Achilles' heel of this system.
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