coy

• coyly; coyly; shyly.
• vi. 赤面する
• vt. 愛撫する
• n. （コイ）人の名前；（仏）Cuevas；（英?独?西）Coys

語源的には静かな、静かなと同じ。

coy

coy: [14] Essentially, coy is the same word as quiet, and ‘quiet’ is what it meant when it first came into English (it soon developed to ‘shyly reserved’, and the sense ‘quiet’ died out in the 17th century). Its ultimate source was Latin quiētus, but whereas in the case of quiet this passed directly through Old French, coy came via the more circuitous route of Vulgar Latin *quētus, which produced early Old French quei, and later coi, the source of the English word.
=> quiet

coy (adj.)

early 14c., "quiet, modest, demure," from Old French coi, earlier quei "quiet, still, placid, gentle," ultimately from Latin quietus "resting, at rest" (see quiet (n.)). Meaning "shy" emerged late 14c. Meaning "unwilling to commit" is 1961. Related: Coyly; coyness.

1. Mr Alexander is not the slightest bit coy about his ambitions.

アレクサンダー氏は自分の抱負を隠さなかった。

2.The hotel are understandably coy about the incident.

ホテルがその事件についてあまり話したくないのは理解できる。

3.She gave me a coy smile.

彼女は恥ずかしそうに私に笑った。

4.She is coy of singing.

彼女は歌を歌うのが恥ずかしい。

5.I was sickened by the way Carol charmed all the men by turning coy .

キャロルが男らしさをむき出しにしている姿に吐き気がした。