Sekirov Dictionary

demure

UK /dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/US /dɪˈmjʊɹ/

adjective 2
verb 1
forms 5

adjective2

•
Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.
- She is a demure young lady.
•
Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
- Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head. — 1824

verb1

•
(no longer used) To look demurely.
- Your Wife Octavia, with her modest eyes, / […] shall acquire no Honour / Demuring vpon me: — 1606

forms

demured · demuring · demures · demurer · demurest

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