1 shy or pretending to be shy and innocent, especially about love or sex, and sometimes in order to make people more interested in you:
She gave me a coy smile.
2 ~ (about sth) not willing to give information about sth, or answer questions that tell people too much about you
SYNRETICENT:
She was a little coy about how much her dress cost. * The company is coy about revealing its profits.
coyly adverb
coyness noun [U]
