Meanings
adverbcoyly (comparative more coyly, superlative most coyly)
comparative more coyly · superlative most coyly · alternative rare coily
- In a coy manner.
Melons, who was engaged in breathing hard after Limpet, got such a shock as the curate drifted coyly before his beard, that for the moment he ceased to breathe at all.
1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 21
Origin
- Englishcoy
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishcoyly
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
coyly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coyly
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coyly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coyly.
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