Demure

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  • adjective. Modest and reserved in manner or behavior.
  • adjective. Characterized by or suggestive of reserve or modesty.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To look with reserve or bashfulness.
  • Sober; grave; modest; formally decorous: as, a demure look.
  • Affectedly modest; making a demonstration of gravity or decorum.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To look demurely.
  • adjective. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
  • adjective. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
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  • adjective. Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.
  • verb. To look demurely.
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  • adjective. affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
    • Word Usage
    "Above his head, Jasmine curls her body into a Scorpion, her expression demure, bordering on bashful."
    Equivalent
    modest  
    Form
    demureness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baldur  Bloor  Moor  Moore  Muir  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amiable  apologetic  chaste  comely  coy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Quakerish  Victorian  backward  bashful  censorious  
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