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Synonyms for Coyly:
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adv.
• modestly- demurely ,
- humbly ,
- meekly ,
- modestly ,
- reservedly ,
- selflessly ,
- shyly ,
- timidly ,
- undemonstratively ,
- unobtrusively ,
- unselfishly .
Other relevant words:
- abominably ,
- abysmally ,
- altruistically ,
- atrociously ,
- awful ,
- blate ,
- bloom ,
- cagily ,
- conservatively ,
- crimson ,
- demure ,
- dreadfully ,
- flush ,
- frightfully ,
- horribly ,
- meanly ,
- mistrustfully ,
- overmodest ,
- prissily ,
- questionably ,
- quiet ,
- redden ,
- restfully ,
- rosiness ,
- rottenly ,
- softly ,
- terribly ,
- trepidly ,
- anxiously ,
- apprehensively ,
- awfully ,
- bashful ,
- bashfully ,
- blush ,
- carefully ,
- cautiously ,
- charily ,
- circumspectly ,
- coy ,
- diffidently ,
- distrustfully ,
- doubtfully ,
- dubiously ,
- embarrassedly ,
- fearfully ,
- guardedly ,
- hesitantly ,
- hesitatingly ,
- nervously ,
- primly ,
- quietly ,
- reluctantly ,
- sheepishly ,
- suspiciously ,
- timorously ,
- unassumingly ,
- uneasily ,
- unwillingly ,
- warily .
What are the hypernyms for Coyly?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
cautiously, circumspectly, coquettishly, discreetly, evasively, reticently, secretively, tentatively.
Usage examples for Coyly
Did he stroll down to the harbour, it was in the wake of a small boy looking coyly at him over his shoulder.
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
To observe in a corner, Miss Popkiss, coyly-or as it seemed to him, invitingly-protestant, at bay before Peckover, who was making a playful feint attack upon her with his serviette preparatory to getting to close quarters.
"A Poached Peerage"
She smiles at him coyly.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
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