adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the demure look toward the floor, the disclaimer with the hands often as not look faked when seen.
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He is as good as his name, as wild, eccentric and ebullient as Keane is demure and disciplined.
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Her maids carried them upstairs and demure Penelope retired with great contentment in her heart.
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I wore jeans or the demure dresses approved of by the school authorities.
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Lovely, simple, and demure .
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She looked almost demure , she thought disparagingly, glaring at her reflection as if her dilemma were all the mirror's fault.
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The deceptively demure Meredith was led outside by the masked Lucenzo.
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When they become possessed by their spirits, these demure , purdah-confined ladies undergo a remarkable change.