Coyly

A coyly racist comment like that is just the thing FOX News lost w/ the genius of subtle racist subtext, Tucker Carlson.

More often than not, I got the sense that current artists were trying to play the EBU’s game of communicating implicitly, coyly or not at all.

So my strictures here are not an exercise in coyly concealed self-congratulation so much as an effort to describe an ideal and to recommit myself to it in the classes that I teach.

Thus, Brandon and Phillip are coyly hiding not one, but two "crimes" from their seemingly conservative dinner party guests.

Western Cape High Court judges recently found themselves grappling with, what they coyly referred to as the “p-word”, and whether it had been uttered offensively as a verb or a noun or just used as a descriptive adjective.

But when he asked me, coyly, “What do you want for the future?”something went off within me.

Now, Cena is joining the conversation by coyly posting a picture of the character to Instagram.

She looked back at the camera with a fierce gaze, coyly hiding her chin behind her shoulder.

The “So What” singer coyly teased the surprise duet in a tweet before the show.

They fight reforms and hide their racist opinions by coyly demanding we respect states’ rights, individuals’ free speech and “the rule of law,” as though their freedom of expression justifies infringing on the rights of tens of millions of Black citizens.

Abraham coyly shies away from giving a definitive answer either way, but happily acknowledges that lying is very much woven into the fabric of the play.

In the run-up to the official announcement, a steady stream of celebrities were spotted arriving at Brisbane airport, while others were coyly stoking their own speculation online.

She belted, “You’re extra special, something else/Or maybe it’s you” while staring coyly into the crowd, folding her hands behind her back.

Stefani coyly turned the conversation to the fact that her beau is rarely seen with her on the carpet.

They played coyly with light and shade.

Of course, the series has coyly flirted with the idea of Raj and Howard secretly being in love with each other on more than one occasion, especially when Leonard’s overly analytical mother comes to town.

Alex coyly feigns illness to his parents to stay out of school the next day.

Maradona was coyly evasive, describing it as "a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God".

The frames serve other illusionistic purposes; in Portrait of Isabella of Portugal her eyes gaze coyly but directly out of the painting, as rests her hands on the edge of the a faux stone parapet.