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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coyness \Coy"ness\, n. The quality of being coy; feigned o? bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve. When the kind nymph would coyness feign, And hides but to be found again --Dryden. Syn: Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness; modesty; bashfulness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coyness n : the affectation of being demure in a provocative way [syn: {demureness}]
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