coyly
adverb/ˈkɔɪli/
/ˈkɔɪli/
- in a way that is shy, or that is pretending to be shy and innocent, especially about love or sex, and sometimes in order to make people more interested in you
- He smiled coyly at her.
- in a way that shows that you are not willing to give information about something, or answer questions that tell people too much about you
- The report coyly insisted that there is very little information about how many applications are ‘lost’.
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