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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coyness \Coy"ness\, noun The quality of being coy; feigned o? 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
coyness
noun: the affectation of being demure in a provocative way [syn: {demureness}]
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