adjective. undefined

adjective. Affectedly and often flirtatiously shy or modest.

adjective. Characterized by or suggesting such shyness or modesty.

adjective. Unwilling to make a commitment or divulge information.

adjective. Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved.

Quiet; still.

Manifesting modesty; shrinking from familiarity; bashful; shy; retiring.

Disposed to repel advances; disdainful.

Synonyms Shrinking, distant, bashful, backward, diffident, demure.

noun. A stroke or noise made to coy or quiet an animal, as a horse; a soothing sound or utterance.

noun. A decoy. See decoy, n.

To quiet; soothe.

To caress with the hand; stroke caressingly.

To coax; allure; entice; decoy. See decoy, v.

To be coy; behave with coyness or bashfulness; shrink from familiarity: with an indefinite it.

To make difficulty; be slow or reluctant.

noun. A cage or pen for lobsters.

intransitive verb. To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.

intransitive verb. To make difficulty; to be unwilling.

transitive verb. To allure; to entice; to decoy.

transitive verb. To caress with the hand; to stroke.

adjective. Quiet; still.

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

adjective. Soft; gentle; hesitating.

noun. A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.

adjective. Bashful, shy, retiring.

adjective. Quiet, reserved, modest.

adjective. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.

adjective. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.

adjective. Soft, gentle, hesitating

verb. (obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice

verb. (obsolete) To calm or soothe

adjective. showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement

adjective. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures

adjective. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

"Regardless of where and when, I’d answer, again coy, “No, I write books.”"

decoy  distant  

indefinite  modest  timid  

coyly  coyness  

Elroy  Floy  Goy  Illinois  Joy  

adorable  alluring  bashful  beauteous  conspiratorial  

amative  amatory  arch  backward  bashful