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Definition
modest, quiet, and shy; or pretending such in a playful way
- Farther down, before one of the cottages, a lady in black was walking demurely up and down, telling her beads.Chapter 1 (42% in)
- Again, another reminded her of children at play, and still another of nothing on earth but a demure lady stroking a cat.Chapter 9 (82% in)
There are no more uses of "demure" in The Awakening.
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