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What is the adjective for coy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb coy which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

coy
  1. (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
  2. (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
  3. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
  4. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
  5. Soft, gentle, hesitating.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. shy, bashful, retiring, reserved, diffident, withdrawn, modest, timid, introverted, demure, reticent, sheepish, unassertive, humble, shrinking, recessive, backward, blushing, rabbity, overmodest, prudish, self-effacing, aw-shucks, quiet, meek, timorous, unassuming, embarrassed, self-conscious, insecure, nervous, inhibited, apprehensive, silent, unconfident, reluctant, unassured, restrained, unpretentious, hesitant, fearful, constrained, shamefaced, wary, abashed, reclusive, undemonstrative, lowly, withdrawing, media-shy … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Shy and coy at first, her reserve finally gave way.”
      “She smiled at Rochelle and nodded with a coy smile playing on her lips.”
      “Hotel staff are understandably coy about the embarrassing incident.”
coying
  1. Enticing.
coyish
  1. Somewhat coy.
coyer
  1. comparative form of coy: more coy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shier, timider, humbler, more bashful, more reserved, more diffident, more withdrawn, more modest, more introverted, more demure, more reticent, more sheepish, more unassertive, more recessive, more backward, more blushing, more rabbity, more overmodest, more prudish, more self-effacing, quieter, meeker, more timorous, more unassuming, more embarrassed, more self-conscious, more insecure, more nervous, more apprehensive, more unconfident, silenter, more reluctant, more inhibited, more unassured, more unpretentious, more hesitant, fearfuller, more constrained, more shamefaced, warier, more abashed, lowlier, more restrained, more suspicious, mousier, unsurer, more ashamed, more unpresuming, more unobtrusive, charier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Deanna would be coyer, but when she was ready to sabotage her father's authority she would do so with more tact, and with more devastation, too.”
      “In broader terms this scandal made King, a peace-lover shy of foreign commitments, even coyer toward Mars.”
      “This sudden action resembles a crawdad scooting through the vegetation or a shad dashing for coyer and bass are swift to respond.”
coyest
  1. superlative form of coy: most coy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shiest, timidest, humblest, most bashful, most reserved, most diffident, most withdrawn, most modest, most introverted, most demure, most reticent, most sheepish, most unassertive, most recessive, most backward, most blushing, most rabbity, most overmodest, most prudish, most self-effacing, quietest, meekest, most timorous, most unassuming, most embarrassed, most self-conscious, most insecure, most nervous, most apprehensive, most unconfident, silentest, most reluctant, most inhibited, most unassured, most unpretentious, most hesitant, fearfullest, most constrained, most shamefaced, wariest, most abashed, lowliest, most restrained, most suspicious, mousiest, unsurest, most ashamed, most unpresuming, most unobtrusive, chariest … more
coyed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of coy
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