coquettishness

Unlike the late Duke d'Orleans, he has no princely coquettishness, which is such a victorious grace, and has no desire to appear agreeable.

The Memoirs of Victor Hugo Victor Hugo 1843

Then she shrank past him and, with a kind of coquettishness in her gait, hurried downstairs.

Overture to Death Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1939

Or are the crossed knees and turned out ankle meant to indicate coquettishness? lack of balance?

What Type Is Your Blog? « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

But lacking form and rhythm, and convincing only in passages, they amount to a cloying coquettishness.

The Shape of Things Lance Esplund 2011

Gone is the sheen and occasional coquettishness that characterized "The Reminder," her 2007 album that sold more than one million copies world-wide and risked redefining her as a cheery pop artist.

The Recovering Pop Artist Jim Fusilli 2011

The former is the asexual and ultimately, inevitably disempowered feminist, the latter is the fully-empowered woman in full flight, unashamedly and without modernist complexes, using every part of her coquettishness, her curvature, her wiles and let's face it – her power, to get what she wants.

[film noir] should return in the coming dystopia 2009

Soprano Erin Morley was a spectacular Marguerite (once a Joan Sutherland signature role), navigating the extreme coloratura and the mix of dignity and coquettishness with great flair.

A Triumphant Massacre 2009

At the same time her coquettishness was bounded by a unique sense of propriety.

Helen Levitt, No-Nonsense New Yorker 2009

Besides that strength, Grandma Gitty also has a coquettishness about her like that of Cleopatra.

Robert David Jaffee: 100 Is the New 70 2009

The former is the asexual and ultimately, inevitably disempowered feminist, the latter is the fully-empowered woman in full flight, unashamedly and without modernist complexes, using every part of her coquettishness, her curvature, her wiles and let's face it – her power, to get what she wants.

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