Dictionary entry

Coyness

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪnəs/

Pronunciation

/ˈkɔɪnəs/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) (မိန်းကလေး)ရှက်ခြင်း။ရှက်ကိုးရှက်ကန်းဖြစ်ခြင်း။

Definition

coy /kↄÇ/ adj ( -er, -est ) ( usu derog ) ၁။ ရွက္ဟန္ေဆာင္ေသာ။ မူပိုေသာ။ မူေသာ။ a coy smile ❍ Don't be so coy about your achievements. ၂။ မေျဖလိုေသာ။ ေျပာရန္ခက္ေသာ။ He was a little coy when asked where the money had come from. ❍ Officials are coy about the details. ❏ coyly adv ရွက္ကိုးရွက္ကန္း။ They giggled coyly. ❍ a sack-like dress that coyly hinted at pregnancy. coyness n [U]

Examples

  1. [coy about] : Tim is being very coy about his new job.
  2. Kate gave him a coy look.
  3. She laughed
  4. rather coyly.