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