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modest, quiet, and shy; or pretending such in a playful way

demure = modest and quiet

The fire in her eyes belied an otherwise demure countenance.
She acted and dressed more demurely after the incident.
...her manners more frequently resembled those of a pretty playful kitten, that is now pert and roguish, now timid and demure, according to its own sweet will.
Anne Bronte -- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
"Go home, Garrett," she said demurely.
Nicholas Sparks -- Message in a Bottle

demurely = shyly; or pretending shyness in a playful way

Carolyn was a quiet, demure, and obedient girl, and although Emily was all those things too, Carolyn seemed really satisfied to be that way.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

demure = modest, quiet, and shy

She spreads a newspaper on a step and sits down, gracefully and demurely as if she were settling into a swing on a Mississippi veranda.
Tennessee Williams -- The Glass Menagerie

demurely = in a quiet, modest, or shy manner

Connors did not win a lacrosse scholarship by being demure or hesitant.
Laurie Halse Anderson -- Speak

demure = modest, quiet, and shy

Rawlins finished his plate and thanked the woman and John Grady told her what he'd said and she smiled and nodded demurely.
Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses

demurely = shyly or modestly

Kitty sat very demurely on her knee
Lewis Carroll -- Through the Looking-Glass

demurely = quietly

"So Sylvy knows all about birds, does she?" he exclaimed, as he looked round at the little girl who sat, very demure but increasingly sleepy, in the moonlight.
Sarah Jewett -- A White Heron

demure = modest, quiet, and shy

GEORGE (Overpatiently, to HONEY and NICK): Martha didn't think I laughed loud enough. Martha thinks that unless . . . as she demurely puts it . . . that unless you "bust a gut" you aren't amused.
Edward Albee -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

demurely = in a quiet, modest, or shy manner

Ser Kevan could not remember ever seeing his niece so quiet, so subdued, so demure.
George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
He endured them with a slightly bored expression, standing at the center of the room with his hands folded demurely over his privates.
Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
The little rogue thought I had not seen her, and, drawing back, she took her former station by the window, quite demurely.
Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
There she was, suitedsuited, sweet-faced, demure, but scowling.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
"No," said Esther, demurely.
Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
"If it please you, m'lord," she said demurely.
George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
Milo answered in a demure voice with his face lowered meekly.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
Melissa's smile was demure.
James Patterson -- Kiss the Girls

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