Meaning & use
coyly
In a shy, playfully modest, or falsely reluctant manner, often to appear charming.
See it in a sentence
She coyly glanced away and avoided answering whether she had a boyfriend at all.
He coyly hinted that he had a surprise planned but refused to say more.
A note on using this word
Coyly often implies a flirtatious or teasing kind of shyness, not genuine timidity.
Words with a similar meaning
shylybashfully
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Words with an opposite meaning
boldlybrazenly
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