What does coyly mean?
Coyly means In a coy manner..
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/ˈkɔɪli/ · adverb
In a coy manner..
Melons, who was engaged in breathing hard after Limpet, got such a shock as the curate drifted coyly before his beard, that for the moment he ceased to breathe at all.
Use coyly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coyly means In a coy manner..
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Melons, who was engaged in breathing hard after Limpet, got such a shock as the curate drifted coyly before his beard, that for the moment he ceased to breathe at all.
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