Meaning

Having coils; coiling..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having coils; coiling.
2. (rare) Obsolete form of coyly.
3. Misspelling of coyly.

Example Sentences

The pillars in Figure 12.24 were built similarly: I designed a helix (a coily cord shape) and then swept a large 2D circle along the path the helix describes.

This said; his hand he coily snatcht away / From forth Antinous hand.

She coily biting the lip, and brideling her head, as if ſhe had bene ſome mans beſt Gelding, ſprucely thus replyed.

How often hath the wanton wind / To gentleſt blaſts himſelf confin’d, / Whilſt playing with you too unkind / You ſhook him off and ſtill untwin’d, / And coily turn’d another way, / Diſdaining his unlicenc’d play?

At firſt ſhe coily ev’ry kiſs withſtood, / And all her cheek was fluſh’d with modeſt blood: / With heedleſs nails he now ſurrounds her ſhoes, / To ſave her ſteps from rains and piercing dews.

And ends her pavin, thirteen times as ſoon / As doth her brother, of whoſe golden hair / She borroweth part and proudly doth it wear; / Then doth ſhe coily turn her face aſide, / That half her cheek is ſcarce ſometimes deſcry’d.

She coily explained 'they are making a baby'.

I got around to asking coily, “What if Aunt Lacy finds out about Miss Clarissa?”

Word Forms

• coilier
• coiliest
• more coily
• most coily

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When Should You Use Coily?

Use coily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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