The phrase "a coy man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a man who is shy, modest, or pretending to be shy in a playful or flirtatious manner.
Example: "At the party, he acted like a coy man, glancing at her from across the room and smiling shyly whenever she caught his eye."
Alternatives: "a shy man" or "a playful man".
Now a retired Canadian engineer, telling a tale of ancient family ties, mistaken judgments and surprise revelations, has roiled the world of Shakespeare scholarship by saying he possesses a striking portrait painted in 1603 showing Shakespeare as a coy man of 39, with a full head of hair and a Mona Lisa smile.
A17 CIRCUITS G1-10 ARTS E1-10 An Image of Shakespeare A Canadian claiming an ancestral link to 17th Century English theater has roiled the world of Shakespeare scholarship with a 1603 portrait of a coy man of 39 bearing a full head of hair and a Mona Lisa smile.
It's a coy glance at the man who makes your morning Starbucks, a subtle flirtation with your flatmate's sister or just a general tendency to return to a bar where the clientele seem like your type of people.
With a coy smile, she adds: "The men take longer to get the message".
"The Book of Dolores" reflects — as Vollmann usually reflects — honesty and energy, but it also suggests a failure of research, even a failure of imagination, along with a coy defensiveness about remaining a straight man on the inside.
To cultivate animals in defined O2 environments, we used a Coy O2 control glove box (Coy, Grass Lake, Michigan, USA).
One table has two elderly couples in serious discussion; the other has a coy-looking woman and man trying to have a conversation amidst the din.
A man might read a woman's demure smile as a coy come-on, where another woman may interpret it as her polite and defensive reaction to unwanted attention from him.
If there was more to Bob's love, you won't find it here, despite a coy bathtub scene that finds James luxuriating in milky water while the younger man hovers uncertainly nearby.
Notwithstanding to its world class food, they have inside of it a coy pond.
With a coy smile, Duno pointed out that several drivers failed to make the 33-car field this year — all men.
