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In some senses, coily is marked as obsolete, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
coily
adv 2adj 1
Definitions
adj
1
Having coils; coiling.
The pillars in Figure 12.24 were built similarly: I designed a helix (a coily cord shape) and then swept a large 2D circle along the path the helix describes.
adv
1
Obsolete form of coyly.
This said; his hand he coily snatcht away / From forth Antinous hand.
She coily biting the lip, and brideling her head, as if ſhe had bene ſome mans beſt Gelding, ſprucely thus replyed.
2
Misspelling of coyly.
She coily explained 'they are making a baby'.
I got around to asking coily, “What if Aunt Lacy finds out about Miss Clarissa?”
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