meaning of coy

1. Quiet; still.
2.
Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.
3.
Soft; gentle; hesitating.
4.
To allure; to entice; to decoy.
5.
To caress with the hand; to stroke.
6.
To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
7.
To make difficulty; to be unwilling.
8.
modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures; "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily ">cajoled"


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