coyly

adv
/ˈkɔɪli/

Etymology

From coy + -ly.

  1. derived from quies
  2. derived from coi
  3. inherited from coy
  4. suffixed as coyly — “coy + ly

Definitions

  1. In a coy manner.

    • Melons, who was engaged in breathing hard after Limpet, got such a shock as the curate drifted coyly before his beard, that for the moment he ceased to breathe at all.

The neighborhood

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