coyly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for coyly in the English»French Dictionary

coyly [Brit ˈkɔɪli, Am ˈkɔɪli] ADV

coyly

avec fausse modestie

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She coyly leads him up to her room, where she initially enjoys his attentions.

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She has her eyes turned coyly downwards, but she raises them for an instant in a coquettish smirk.

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The musicians glance coyly at the viewer, actors very aware of their spectators.

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She resists coyly, or as coyly as she can in the middle of the night by the pool in a skin-baring dress.

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Do we coyly reveal the fact that your play on which the book was founded has already been made into a picture three times?

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She coyly adds that "romances blossom" amid the sweaty nakedness of the notorious steamy cave, but never for her.

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She chose her outfit carefully, had her make-up touched up on the court bench and coyly pleaded no contest to felony burglary.

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But these tend to be done so coyly that you have to squint hard to spot the changes.

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She was asked about species at risk and said coyly that they couldn't talk about endangered species.

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But her set of pipes and her willingness to use them dramatically, and sometimes coyly, to bring out the best of everything she sings brushes aside such criticisms as unjustified.

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