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coquette
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    One of her feet in its fur-topped boot is visible, the ankle turned coquettishly.  (source)
    coquettishly = in a manner that playfully and casually arouses sexual interest of men
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    She coquettishly dipped her lashes.  (source)
    coquettishly = in a way that arouses sexual interest of men, but does not imply serious flirtation
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    "I am so des-per-ate-ly sorry to have kept you waiting," she purred in a soft, coquettish drawl.  (source)
    coquettish = casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men but does not imply serious flirtation
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    The planetologist's odd question seemed to have gone unnoticed by the others, and now Kynes was bending over one of the consort women, listening to a low-voiced coquetry.†  (source)
    coquetry = casual playfulness that arouses sexual interest
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    Kimonos, sake, rice paper walls, coquettish and demure geishas.  (source)
    coquettish = casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men
    standard suffix: Adding the suffix "-ish" means having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childish and foolish.
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    I've learned two new words: "brothel" and "coquette."  (source)
    coquette = a woman who is casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men
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    "What?" said Xandra coquettishly, clumping around to the passenger side in her high shoes as my dad beeped the lock open.  (source)
    coquettishly = in a way that playfully arouses sexual interest of men but does not imply serious flirtation
    standard suffix: Adding the suffix "-ishly" means in a manner having the characteristics of. This is the same pattern you see in words like childishly and foolishly.
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    The men came in out of the cold in high clumsy snow boots, and every one of them, without exception, did his best to look like a country bumpkin; but their wives, on the contrary, their faces glowing from the frost, coats unbuttoned, shawls pushed back and hair spangled with rime, looked like hardened coquettes, cunning itself.†  (source)
    coquettes = women who are casually playful in a way that arouses sexual interest of men
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    He insisted, with labored breath, and she offered him her other cheek, with a coquettishness that he had not known when she was a schoolgirl.  (source)
    coquettishness = a casually playfulness in a way that arouses sexual interest of men but does not imply serious flirtation
    editor's notes: Adding "-ishness" to coquette means the state of having the characteristics of a coquette. This is the same pattern you see in words like childishness and foolishness. Note that when "-ish" is placed at the end of a word that ends in "E", the "E" is often dropped as in nightmarish and vulturish.
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    How short was the time for fun, for pretty clothes, for dancing, for coquetting!†  (source)
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    Her eyes coquetted with him while she gushed: "I'll learn bridge.†  (source)
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    James and Isabella led the way; and so well satisfied was the latter with her lot, so contentedly was she endeavouring to ensure a pleasant walk to him who brought the double recommendation of being her brother's friend, and her friend's brother, so pure and uncoquettish were her feelings, that, though they overtook and passed the two offending young men in Milsom Street, she was so far from seeking to attract their notice, that she looked back at them only three times.†  (source)
    uncoquettish = not casually playful in a sexy way
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in uncoquettish means not and reverses the meaning of coquettish. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    She smiles at Tyrone with a strange, incongruous coquetry.†  (source)
    coquetry = casual playfulness that arouses sexual interest
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