Crossword-Solution: COYNESS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Coyness | n. | The quality of being coy; feigned o/ bashful unwillingness to become familiar; reserve. |
We have 20 clues for the answer “COYNESS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Coquette's trait | 1 answer |
| the affectation of being demure in a provocative way | 1 answer |
| Shy trait | 1 answer |
| Maidenly trait of Victorian times. | 1 answer |
| Former maidenly virtue. | 1 answer |
| Flirtatious quality | 1 answer |
| Flirt's trait | 1 answer |
| Flirt's quality | 1 answer |
| Feigned bashfulness. | 1 answer |
| Coquettish manner | 1 answer |
| Artful innocence | 1 answer |
| Affected modesty | 1 answer |
| Affected innocence | 1 answer |
| Reticence | 28 answers |
| Modesty. | 28 answers |
| timidity | 30 answers |
| bashfulness | 51 answers |
| pretext | 78 answers |
| pretence | 85 answers |
| Reserve | 95 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COYNESS (5)
There was none of those apparent struggles to get out of the trap which only results in getting further in: no final attitude of receptivity: no easy close of shoulder to shoulder, hand upon hand, face upon face, and, in spite of coyness, the lips in the right place at the supreme moment.
But Phorenice had a coyness lest her engine should be seen before it was completed, and so to screen it she had a vast fire built at the uppermost point where the causeway was broken off, and fed diligently with wet sedge and green wood, so that a great smoke poured out, rising like a curtain that shut out all view.
She would fain have recalled her words, but that was impossible: fain would she have stood upon form, and have kept her lover at a distance, as the custom of discreet ladies is, to frown and be perverse, and give their suitors harsh denials at first; to stand off, and affect a coyness or indifference, where they most love, that their lovers may not think them too lightly or too easily won; for the difficulty of attainment increases the value of the object.
Why?’ ‘Oh,’ said the fat boy, in a tone of strong feeling; ‘how we should have enjoyed ourselves at meals, if you had been!’ ‘I might come here sometimes, perhaps, to see you,’ said Mary, plaiting the table-cloth in assumed coyness, ‘if you would do me a favour.’ The fat boy looked from the pie-dish to the steak, as if he thought a favour must be in a manner connected with something to eat; and then took out one of the half-crowns and glanced at it nervously.
Coyness and disdain were considered as treason, and the obstinate fair one was condemned to be drowned.
Quotes with COYNESS (3)
Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love’s day.
Today is the winter solstice. The planet tilts just so to its star, lists and holds circling in a fixed tension between veering and longing, and spins helpless, exalted, in and out of that fleet blazing touch. Last night Orion vaulted and spread all over the sky, pagan and lunatic, his shoulder and knee on fire, his sword three suns at the ready-for what? I won’t see this year again, not again so innocent; and longing wrapped round my throat like a scarf. “For the Heavenly Fa…
At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, WP.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1952–2018).