coy

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Tending to avoid people and social situations; reserved.
2. adj. Affectedly and usually flirtatiously shy or modest. See Synonyms at shy¹.
3. adj. Annoyingly unwilling to make a commitment.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Quiet; still.
2. Manifesting modesty; shrinking from familiarity; bashful; shy; retiring.
3. Disposed to repel advances; disdainful.
4. Synonyms Shrinking, distant, bashful, backward, diffident, demure.
5. To quiet; soothe.
6. To caress with the hand; stroke caressingly.
7. To coax; allure; entice; decoy. See decoy, v.
8. To be coy; behave with coyness or bashfulness; shrink from familiarity: with an indefinite it.
9. To make difficulty; be slow or reluctant.
10. n. A stroke or noise made to coy or quiet an animal, as a horse; a soothing sound or utterance.
11. n. A decoy. See decoy, n.
12. n. A cage or pen for lobsters.

Wiktionary

1. n. A trap from which waterfowl may be hunted.
2. adj. dated Bashful, shy, retiring.
3. adj. archaic Quiet, reserved, modest.
4. adj. Reluctant to give details about something sensitive; notably prudish.
5. adj. Pretending shyness or modesty, especially in an insincere or flirtatious way.
6. adj. Soft, gentle, hesitating
7. v. transitive (obsolete) To caress, pet; to coax, entice
8. v. transitive (obsolete) To calm or soothe

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. obsolete Quiet; still.
2. adj. Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.
3. adj. Soft; gentle; hesitating.
4. v. obsolete To allure; to entice; to decoy.
5. v. To caress with the hand; to stroke.
6. v. obsolete To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.
7. v. obsolete To make difficulty; to be unwilling.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement
2. adj. modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
3. adj. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way