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单词 coyly
释义
coyly
adverb
uk
/ˈkɔɪ.li/us
/ˈkɔɪ.li/
in a way thatintentionallytriestokeepsomethingsecret:
"There are things I cannottalkabout," he says coyly.
Theofficercoylyrespondedthat she wasoff-dutyandunavailableto write thereportuntil thefollowingweek.
in a way that is orpretendsto beshy, or like achild:
害羞地，腼腆地，忸怩作态地，孩子似地
Shesmiledcoyly.她腼腆地笑了。
"Why are youstaringat me?" she coylyasks.“你为什么盯着我看？” 她腼腆地问。
More examples
  • She coyly gives herageassomewherebetween 60 and 70.
  • He coylysuggestshe may haveplantedfakematerialon theInternettothrowpeopleoff thetrail.
  • She coylybattedhereyelashes.
  • She had awhitesatinscarftiedcoyly around herneck.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Secrecy and privacy
  • anonymity
  • anonymization
  • anonymize
  • anonymous
  • anonymously
  • data protection
  • dead men tell no talesidiom
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • down-low
  • private
  • privately
  • privileged
  • pseudonym
  • pseudonymization
  • undisclosed
  • whitewash
  • whitewashing
  • wrap
  • wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom
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(Definition ofcoylyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
coyly
adverb
uk
/ˈkɔɪ.li/us
/ˈkɔɪ.li/
in a way that is orpretendsto beshy, or like achild
害羞地，腼腆地，忸怩作态地，孩子似地
Shesmiledcoyly.她腼腆地笑了。
"Why are youstaringat me?" she coylyasks.“你为什么盯着我看？” 她腼腆地问。
More examples
  • She coyly gives herageassomewherebetween 60 and 70.
  • He coylysuggestshe may haveplantedfakematerialon the Internet tothrowpeopleoff thetrail.
  • She coylybattedhereyelashes.
  • She had awhitesatinscarftiedcoyly around herneck.

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coy

Examplesofcoyly

coyly
He somewhatcoylylooks away from the camera as if not quite ready for his close-up, but all the while preening.
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The "little mystery" shecoylyinvokes here was not so trivial in the eyes of the literary world.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The book has seven sections (or 'strings to its lyre', as hecoylyputs it).
From theCambridge English Corpus
She later continues the puppet show theme likening him to a marionette andcoylyasking who is pulling the strings?
From theCambridge English Corpus
He stares ahead at her as she lookscoylyout at the viewer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The difference is that he boasts of doing things which his predecessorcoylyadmitted doing.
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I wonder what those bulky items are that are socoylydescribed.
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After all, it did not glidecoylyinto the world.
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The pamphlet he has referred to says, somewhatcoyly, that this is a personal contribution by the authors and not an official party pamphlet.
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It is all verycoylyexpressed, but it is all there.
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They let us know that there were 132 complaints about particular "bedroom scenes", as it rathercoylydescribes this particular action on the screen.
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Will he now give us the figure which until now he has socoylyavoided?
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It was in the queue, the long queue of measures to be proposed, butcoylyhidden at the end of all the others.
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Now they have suddenlycoylydiscovered constitutional propriety.
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Indeed, theycoylyadmit that written works can no doubt be found, to some extent, offensive.
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