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coy:
- Wiktionary:
  coy → kokett, zurückhaltend, verschämt, verlegen, keusch, schamhaft
- Synonyms for "coy":
  demure; overmodest; modest
  indefinite
  timid

English

Detailed Translations for coy from English to German

coy:

Translation Matrix for coy:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	demure; overmodest

Synonyms for "coy":

demure; overmodest; modest
indefinite
timid

Related Definitions for "coy":

modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures¹
- like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled¹
showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement¹
- a politician coy about his intentions¹
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way¹

Wiktionary Translations for coy:

coy

adjective

pretending shyness or modesty
- coy → kokett; zurückhaltend
archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
- coy → verschämt
bashful, shy
- coy → verlegen; keusch

coy

adjective

mit Schamgefühl, die sittlichen Grenzen, die Regeln des Anstands gebührend befolgend
- schamhaft → prudish; shamefaced; shamefacedly; pudic; coy; bashful; bashfully

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