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coyer

coyer is the comparative form of coy.

Meaning of coy

Adjective

coy (comparative coyer, superlative coyest)

  1. (dated) Bashful, shy, retiring.
  2. (archaic) Quiet, reserved, modest.
  3. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
  4. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
    • The ill-bred miss, the bird-brained Jill, / May simper and be coy at will; / A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers
  5. Soft, gentle, hesitating.
    • Enforced hate, / Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: Coyer

Coyer (plural Coyers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of coyer

pluralCoyers

Questions about coyer

What does coyer mean?
Coyer means a surname.
What is coyer the comparative form of?
Coyer is the comparative form of coy.
What part of speech is coyer?
Coyer is a proper noun.

Words near coyer in the dictionary

  1. Coychurch Lower
  2. coydog
  3. coydogs
  4. Coye
  5. coyed
  6. coyer
  7. Coyers
  8. Coyes
  9. coyest
  10. COYG
  11. COYH

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coyer (page history and authors); Coyer (page history and authors); coy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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