transcription, транскрипция: [ kɔɪ ]
1.
A coy person is shy, or pretends to be shy, about love and sex.
She is modest without being coy...
ADJ
• coy‧ly
She smiled coyly at Algie as he took her hand and raised it to his lips.
ADV : ADV with v
2.
If someone is being coy , they are unwilling to talk about something that they feel guilty or embarrassed about.
Mr Alexander is not the slightest bit coy about his ambitions.
= reticent
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ about n
• coy‧ly
The administration coyly refused to put a firm figure on the war’s costs.
ADV : ADV with v