coquettishness

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“MJ” represents the 22-year-old Frost’s Broadway debut as he plays Jackson with a high, whispery voice, a Lady Diana-like coquettishness and a fierce embrace of Jackson’s iconic dancing and singing style.

From Washington Times • Jun. 12, 2022

Mary Bevan relied on cute bits instead of phrasing to convey Atalanta’s coquettishness but connected in the character’s wounded moments.

From New York Times • May 9, 2022

Potter’s Merteuil retains a rigid chilliness, underplaying the coquettishness and false propriety that are also the Marquise’s stock in trade.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2016

Though, the city’s coquettishness has the occasional martial or sinister tinge.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2014

Add to that, vanity and coquettishness and there’s no question about it: she’s a thoroughly despicable person.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank