coyly

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From coy +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪli/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪli

Adverb

coyly (comparative more coyly, superlative most coyly)

  1. In a coy manner.
    • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 21:
      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.
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