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Use of 'coy' #1 (permalink) Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:09 am   Use of 'coy'
 

Can some one please tell me how often is the word 'coy' used in spoken English?

For example, can I say, "She is acting a little coy today"
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Use of 'coy' #2 (permalink) Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:28 am   Use of 'coy'
 

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Use of 'coy' #3 (permalink) Mon Mar 31, 2008 15:46 pm   Use of 'coy'
 

Hi daemon

I'm not sure how you expect us to quantify the usage of 'coy'. However, I can tell you that the word is used in both spoken and written English. I don't consider it to be an uncommon word, however I doubt that it would appear in a list of the 1000 most commonly used words in English.

How's that? 8)
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Use of 'coy' #4 (permalink) Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:39 am   Use of 'coy'
 

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How's that? 8)


That's good enough. Thanks Yankee.

I asked this question because that word (in my language) is used very often but I haven't come across it much in any of the English books/movies :?
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