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demure
UK /dəˈmjɔː(ɹ)/ US /dɪˈmjʊɹ/
adj 2verb 1
Definitions
adj
1
Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
She is a demure young lady.
Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.
2
Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.
verb
1
To look demurely.
Your Wife Octavia, with her modeſt eyes, / […] ſhall acquire no Honour / Demuring vpon me:
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