coily

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having coils

   Having coils; coiling.

   • The pillars in Figure 12.24 were built similarly: I designed a helix (a coily cord shape) and then swept a large 2D circle along the path the helix describes.
2. 2

   Obsolete form of coyly.

   • This said; his hand he coily snatcht away / From forth Antinous hand.
   • She coily biting the lip, and brideling her head, as if ſhe had bene ſome mans beſt Gelding, ſprucely thus replyed.
   • How often hath the wanton wind / To gentleſt blaſts himſelf confin’d, / Whilſt playing with you too unkind / You ſhook him off and ſtill untwin’d, / And coily turn’d another way, / Diſdaining his unlicenc’d play?
3. 3

   Misspelling of coyly.

   • She coily explained 'they are making a baby'.
   • I got around to asking coily, “What if Aunt Lacy finds out about Miss Clarissa?”
   • “What do you mean?” she asked coily.

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