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She gave a demure smile and lowered her eyes when the teacher praised her.demure = modest and quiet
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She gave a demure nod and let her friend do most of the talking.
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Carolyn was a quiet, demure, and obedient girl, and although Emily was all those things too, Carolyn seemed really satisfied to be that way. (source)demure = modest, quiet, and shy
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Connors did not win a lacrosse scholarship by being demure or hesitant. (source)
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Rawlins finished his plate and thanked the woman and John Grady told her what he'd said and she smiled and nodded demurely. (source)demurely = shyly or modestly
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"Go home, Garrett," she said demurely. (source)demurely = shyly; or pretending shyness in a playful way
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"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. (source)demure = modest, quiet, and shy
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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. (source)demurely = in a quiet, modest, or shy manner
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Her voice had lost all its demureness.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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Farfrae was footing a quaint little dance with Elizabeth-Jane—an old country thing, the only one she knew, and though he considerately toned down his movements to suit her demurer gait, the pattern of the shining little nails in the soles of his boots became familiar to the eyes of every bystander.† (source)
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"IF IT PLEASE THE COURT," Mose said, "WITH PLEADERING OF NON VULTS AND DEMURERS, LEGAL SIGNATURES.† (source)
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It was a two-piece suit, a light spring wool in pale green, with a demure hat to match.† (source)
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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. (source)
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And here she closed her harangue: a long one for her, and uttered with the demureness of a Quakeress.† (source)
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Why, ask anyone who knew Sofia to describe her and they would tell you that she was studious, shy, and well behaved; or in a word, demure.† (source)
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Kitty sat very demurely on her knee (source)demurely = quietly
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