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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way;
[syn: coy, demure, overmodest]

2. showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement;
- Example: "a politician coy about his intentions"

3. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures;
- Example: "like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coy \Coy\ (koi), a. [OE. coi quiet, still, OF. coi, coit, fr.L.
   quietus quiet, p. p. of quiescere to rest, quie rest; prob.
   akin to E. while. See While, and cf. Quiet, Quit,
   Quite.]
   1. Quiet; still. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful;
      shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with
      an implication of coquetry.
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            Coy, and difficult to win.            --Cowper.
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            Coy and furtive graces.               --W. Irving.
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            Nor the coy maid, half willings to be pressed,
            Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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   3. Soft; gentle; hesitating.
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            Enforced hate,
            Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.
                                                  --Shak.

   Syn: Shy; shriking; reserved; modest; bashful; backward;
        distant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coy \Coy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coyed (koid); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Coying.]
   1. To allure; to entice; to decoy. [Obs.]
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            A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the
            fonder sort into their nets.          --Bp. Rainbow.
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   2. To caress with the hand; to stroke.
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            Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed,
            While I thy amiable cheeks do coy.    --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Coy \Coy\, v. i.
   1. To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach
      or familiarity. [Obs.]
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            Thus to coy it,
            With one who knows you too!           --Rowe.
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   2. To make difficulty; to be unwilling. [Obs.]
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            If he coyed
            To hear Cominius speak, I 'll keep at home. --Shak.
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U.S. Gazetteer (1990):

Coy, AL
  Zip code(s): 36435
Coy, AR (town, FIPS 15790)
  Location: 34.54179 N, 91.86960 W
  Population (1990): 142 (64 housing units)
  Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "coy":
   amative, amatory, arch, bashful, capricious, caressive, confused,
   conscious, coquettish, decent, decorous, demure, diffident,
   flirtatious, flirty, inarticulate, kittenish, lively, mischievous,
   mousy, nice, playful, proper, rabbity, retiring, roguish, seemly,
   self-conscious, self-effacing, sexual, shamefaced, shamefast, shy,
   skittish, stammering, timid, timorous, unassertive, unassured