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Another word for coy

Adjective

  1. Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner

    2. See also:

    restraint

  2. Given to flirting

    3. See also:

    sex

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Another word for coy

Modifier
    2. See also:

    humble

    flirtatious

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Sentence Examples

  • Your buddy is being a little coy but he's hung around the wrong people long enough to pick up some information.

  • She gave him a coy smile.

  • She looked at him with a coy smile before approaching.

  • Carmen smiled in a coy way and leaned toward him.

  • When he shifted, Jen leaned away with a coy smile and trailed the finger across his lower abdomen, moving around him.

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