All 4 Uses
demure
in
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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- I had to be at my most demure at this moment when my in-laws first glimpsed me, so I couldn't even whisper to Snow Flower to describe what they looked like or if she could gauge what they thought of me.†
Chpt 10
- You comb your hair in a demure manner.†
Chpt 10 *
- I served him at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, remembering to be as demure and quiet as Snow Flower had been at my family's table.†
Chpt 13
- Remember how demure she was even in death?†
Chpt 16
Definitions:
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(1)
(demure) modest, quiet, and shy; or pretending such in a playful way
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)