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coy 
1  adj A coy person is shy, or pretends to be shy, about love and sex. 
She is modest without being coy...  
 coyly  adv 
She smiled coyly at Algie as he took her hand and raised it to his lips.  
2  adj If someone is being coy, they are unwilling to talk about something that they feel guilty or embarrassed about.  (=reticent) 
Mr Alexander is not the slightest bit coy about his ambitions.  
 coyly  adv 
The administration coyly refused to put a firm figure on the war's costs.