COYNESS

coyness. Coyness, n. reserve, shiness, modesty, chasteness

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Coy″ness, n. The quality of being coy; feigned or 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.