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demure
/dɪˈmjʊɹ/
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What does demure mean?
adjective
- Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
- Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
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verb
- (obsolete) To look demurely.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈmjʊɹ/
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Again, another reminded her of children at play, and still another of nothing on earth but a demure lady stroking a cat.
She must be a woman of complicated character, and there was something dramatic in the contrast of that with her demure appearance.
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She met a promising young business man who fell immediately in love with this demure looking young woman, and they were later married.
She has strict orders not to rise until her fire is lit, and having broken them there is a demure elation on her face.
Marilla had almost begun to despair of ever fashioning this waif of the world into her model little girl of demure manners and prim deportment.