coy
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Gadd says he'll take a short break before returning to his next project, but he's coy about details.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
“I won’t go there,” she says, gently, with a coy smile.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
And though he played coy during the hearing about whether Mullin still had his vote, he delivered the clinching “aye” to advance the nomination on Thursday.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2026
But Emery's coy approach to Villa's growing title momentum can't obscure the facts.
From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025
The subject often casts her eyes downward in a modest or coy manner.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
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