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Meanings of so coy in anglès

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Usage of so coy in anglès
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This place was not so coy as the stairway.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2
Nay, marble is not so coy as froward beauty!
London Pride, Or, When the World Was Younger
3
The end of beauty was never so coy.
Forge of Darkness
4
Arriane didn't need to act so coy.
Torment
5
He had seen beautiful and stately ladies, but none so coy or bewitching as this pretty maiden.
Dora Thorne
6
He would have been happy to kiss the glinting steel buckle, so feminine, so provocative, so coy.
The Price of Love
7
You shouldn't be so coy, Mr. Gamin.
Shift
8
While we ate, I asked, "How come you get so coy and withdrawn around Korean men?"
Mortal Allies
9
You need not be so coy.
Red Pottage
10
But why so coy, dearest?
Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
11
Should Mister Ahmed not be forthcoming, his wife's testimony might help his amnesia, encouraging him not to be so coy.
Kill bin laden: a delta force commander's account of the hunt fo...
12
You've been so coy.
Cold Days
13
Nay, why so coy?
Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II.
14
Hephzibah's face, which is a grayish yellow generally, gets a pale beet-root up to her ears, and she looks so coy.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
15
And you needn't be so coy about the matter; surely to God you never learned modesty at your trade of sacking towns.
John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars...
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So why then might James Dyson be so coy?
The Guardian
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