as in kittenish
affecting shyness or modesty in order to attract masculine interest
an 18th-century painting of a coquettish maiden dallying with a young moonstruck gallant
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Adjective
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Madelyn Cline went full-on Old Hollywood bombshell, kittenish liner, polished lengths, and all.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
15 Jan. 2023 -
With a basis of flawless skin—smoothing and hydration offered via Kylie Skin Face Moisturizer and Eye Cream—Phillips pulled a thick wing of black liner along Jenner's lids, a diminutive wing beneath the lower lashline providing a kittenish complement.—
Calin Van Paris,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2021
Adjective
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His agent prob being quite coy and feeding the media to improve terms.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Skeleton Crew plays a bit coy with which elements of Episodes IV through VI first became myth, then product.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The two struck up a flirtatious correspondence, emailing and Skyping in the middle of the night.—
Lila Shapiro,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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Back in 2017, their press tour for Spider-Man: Homecoming was a flirtatious tour de force: Zendaya always doubled over in laughter, Tom comforting an anxious Zendaya with a gentle hand on her knee, both of them constantly pulling the same silly face or one-liner out at the same exact time.—
Ivana Rihter,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The avant-garde silhouette was the perfect mixture of demure yet eye-catching—and rebuked the idea that directors cannot have as much fun with fashion as their leading stars.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2025
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This maid was masking something in her demure and mindful way.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
4 Jan. 2025
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“Coquettish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coquettish. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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