coy
adjective
artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
coyish
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a word derived from
coy.
Example Sentences
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The dancers advanced towards them with shy and coyish gesture, and then swung round and round to the opposite side of the circle in a sort of time kept by the beating of the drum.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson
