Coyly

Now, if I wanted, I could buy a tankini, or a magical patented Slimsuit in an exotic tiger print designed to whittle inches off my waist and keep spectators’ eyes from resting too long on what the tag coyly called my “trouble zones.” ❋ Jennifer Weiner (2009)

This is why John McCain coyly smiles each time Obama makes this statement. ❋ Alice Walker Blog Administrator (2008)

The second purpose is the transfer of wealth from the countries of the West to Third World countries, in satisfaction of what is called coyly a 'climate debt.' ❋ The MaryHunter (2010)

She is walking down a Prague street, a shopping basket over her arm, to the market to buy carrots, leeks, mackerel, and passes by chance a shoe shop, and there are the red shoes in the window -- all by themselves on a little plinth raised above the lesser footwear, the price tag coyly peeking out from the base -- and she has such a powerful urge to go in and try them on that that is what she does. ❋ Unknown (2010)

a shopping basket over her arm, to the market to buy carrots, leeks, mackerel, and passes by chance a shoe shop, and there are the red shoes in the window -- all by themselves on a little plinth raised above the lesser footwear, the price tag coyly peeking out from the base -- and she has such a powerful urge to go in and try them on that that is what she does. ❋ Tom Gregory (2010)

So she "coyly" asks how can she make it up to him and they go off to the shower ... oh my god, the level of her debasement and manipulation is making us physically ill. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But Keys was an excellent broadcaster, particularly on those meandering Champions League nights when, denuded of the one-paced Gray, he could instead coyly tease out the musings of a rotating triumvirate of stool-bound eminences: flinty, moreish Graeme Souness, the Tigger-like Jamie Redknapp and Ruud Gullit, whom I once saw refer to Keys as "a weasel" twice in 10 seconds, with no hint of fondness or irony. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He coyly replies that yes, he intends to kill her, but not till she has served his purpose. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She denies that ... somewhat coyly at a recent forum. ❋ Charles D. Ellison (2010)

Faye coyly responds, "Is that what it looks like?" and shakes her hand, keeping it professional and not stepping into the personal relationship Peggy is hoping for. ❋ Samantha Zalaznick (2010)

And he measured her in a careless way, and knew, bold now, that she would begin to retreat, coyly and delicately, as he pursued, ever ready to reverse the game should he turn fainthearted. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But she knows the ways of restraint, too, which make her instrumental ventings all the more cathartic when they peal out of pop songs that can be coyly sweet and twistedly tormented at the same time. ❋ Andy Battaglia (2011)

Andrew MuellerWe're four weeks into this shiny period newsroom drama, and it's finally starting to bare its teeth, rather than simply standing around looking pretty, coyly asking you to like it. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Then she jets off to Shengo's and instead of saying "It's not a big deal," she coyly says, "We'll see." ❋ Melissa Terzis (2011)