Both Uses of
coy
in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- To be in love, where scorn is bought with groans; Coy looks with heart-sore sighs; one fading moment's mirth With twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights: If haply won, perhaps a hapless gain; If lost, why then a grievous labour won: However, but a folly bought with wit, Or else a wit by folly vanquished.†
Scene 1.1
- There is a lady of Verona here, Whom I affect; but she is nice, and coy, And nought esteems my aged eloquence.†
Scene 3.1 *
Definition:
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(coy as in: a coy, flirtatious smile) being (or pretending to be) shy