COY


Meaning of COY in English

1.

A ~ person is shy, or pretends to be shy, about love and sex.

She is modest without being ~...

ADJ

~ly

She smiled ~ly at Algie as he took her hand and raised it to his lips.

ADV: ADV with v

2.

If someone is being ~, they are unwilling to talk about something that they feel guilty or embarrassed about.

Mr Alexander is not the slightest bit ~ about his ambitions.

= reticent

ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n

~ly

The administration ~ly refused to put a firm figure on the war’s costs.

ADV: ADV with v

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .