Coy


(a.) Quiet; still.


(a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.


(a.) Soft; gentle; hesitating.


(v. t.) To allure; to entice; to decoy.


(v. t.) To caress with the hand; to stroke.


(v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.


(v. i.) To make difficulty; to be unwilling.



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Accoy   Bel-accoyle   Canticoy   Coy   Coyed   Coying   Coyish   Coyly   Coyness   Coyote