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modest, quiet, and shy; or pretending such in a playful way- the shy, demure, innocent type
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
- 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
- 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
- Connors did not win a lacrosse scholarship by being demure or hesitant.Laurie Halse Anderson -- Speak
- 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
- Kitty sat very demurely on her kneeLewis Carroll -- Through the Looking-Glass
- "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
- 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?
- 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
demurely = shyly; or pretending shyness in a playful way
demure = modest, quiet, and shy
demurely = in a quiet, modest, or shy manner
demure = modest, quiet, and shy
demurely = shyly or modestly
demurely = quietly
demure = modest, quiet, and shy
demurely = in a quiet, modest, or shy manner