coy about

Frequency: 7.511.3 per million words

Unwilling to give clear information about a particular subject.

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Examples (10)

  • She was a little coy about how much she had spent on the gift.
  • The senator has been notoriously coy about his plans to run for president.
  • The tech giant remained coy about the release date of its new phone.
  • He's always been rather coy about his exact age.
  • Why are you being so coy about where you were last night?
  • The actress was coy about her character's fate in the final season.
  • The official was coy about the details of the new security measures.
  • They were coy about whether they would get married.
  • The company is being coy about its first-quarter earnings, which has made investors nervous.
  • Don't be coy about it; just tell me what you think of my idea.