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The meaning of coy is marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness. How to use coy in a sentence. The ancestor of the brothers coy who were to become the forefathers of the family in america is not known to us, but he was most likely of boston, lincolnshire, england and it is quite probable that this.

See examples of coy used in a sentence. If someone is being coy, they are unwilling to talk about something that they feel guilty or embarrassed about. The hotel are understandably coy about the incident.

Definition of coy adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary. There are 16 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word coy, eight of which are labelled obsolete. The mayor was coy about his future political aspirations.