| 词汇 | coyly |
| 释义 | coyly adverb uk /ˈkɔɪ.li/ us /ˈkɔɪ.li/ in a way that intentionally tries to keep something secret: "There are things I cannot talk about," he says coyly. The officer coyly responded that she was off-duty and unavailable to write the report until the following week. in a way that is or pretends to be shy, or like a child: 害羞地，腼腆地，忸怩作态地，孩子似地 She smiled coyly.她腼腆地笑了。 "Why are you staring at me?" she coyly asks.“你为什么盯着我看？” 她腼腆地问。 She coyly gives her age as somewhere between 60 and 70. He coyly suggests he may have planted fake material on the Internet to throw people off the trail. She coyly batted her eyelashes. She had a white satin scarf tied coyly around her neck. Secrecy and privacy anonymity anonymization anonymize anonymous anonymously data protection dead men tell no talesidiom dissimulate dissimulation down-low on the quietidiom privacy privacy settings private privately under wrapsidiom undisclosed unrevealed unsourced unstated You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Shy and modest Seecoy Examples of coylycoyly He somewhat coyly looks away from the camera as if not quite ready for his close-up, but all the while preening. The "little mystery" she coyly invokes here was not so trivial in the eyes of the literary world. The book has seven sections (or 'strings to its lyre', as he coyly puts it). She later continues the puppet show theme likening him to a marionette and coyly asking who is pulling the strings? He stares ahead at her as she looks coyly out at the viewer. The difference is that he boasts of doing things which his predecessor coyly admitted doing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder what those bulky items are that are so coyly described. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, it did not glide coyly into the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pamphlet he has referred to says, somewhat coyly, that this is a personal contribution by the authors and not an official party pamphlet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all very coyly expressed, but it is all there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They let us know that there were 132 complaints about particular "bedroom scenes", as it rather coyly describes this particular action on the screen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he now give us the figure which until now he has so coyly avoided? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was in the queue, the long queue of measures to be proposed, but coyly hidden at the end of all the others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now they have suddenly coyly discovered constitutional propriety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, they coyly admit that written works can no doubt be found, to some extent, offensive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of coyly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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