coyly

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a coy manner.
    — Melons, who was engaged in breathing hard after Limpet, got such a shock as the curate drifted coyly before his beard, that for the moment he ceased to breathe at all.

词形变化

more coyly comparative most coyly superlative coily alternative,rare

词源

Etymology tree
English coy
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English coyly
From coy + -ly.
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