1 She smiles coyly when pressed about her private life.

2 The administration coyly refused to put a firm figure on the war's costs.

3 She smiled coyly at Algie as he took her hand and raised it to his lips.

4 She spoke coyly, but her actions were more blatant.

5 So you expect him at least to be coyly cagey about strong predictions.

6 She pouted and looked at him coyly.

7 The girl coyly peeped through the window.

8 WedLock, as it's coyly named, is a new type of casualty insurance that gives the unhappily married policyholder a payout after he or she is unhitched.

9 The top shelf is where Gay Times is traditionally to be found, nestling coyly next to Penthouse.

10 Mandy had the utter audacity to roll her eyes coyly at Matthew.

11 Finnish journalist colleague invites Mr Brown to feel her thigh: she is wearing suspenders and a garter belt in what she coyly tells him is a protest against the church's repressive sexual mores.