coy

3 definitions • 3 examples

intentionally keeping something secret:

coy about She's very coy about her age.

(especially of women) being or pretending to be shy, or like a child:

She gave me a coy look from under her schoolgirl's fringe.

acting shy, uncertain, or unwilling to say much, often in order to increase interest in something by keeping back information about it:

McIntyre is coy about his future in football.