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adjective

Demure adj.

Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave. "Sober, steadfast, and demure." "Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes."

Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity. "A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her." "Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head."

verb

Demure v. i. To look demurely. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Demure'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Demure" Quotes from Famous Books

... potations, seemed greatly to enjoy the bustle, till a remark of mine, on the unsuitableness of the scene to one of his order, acted like magic on him, and he ceased the swearing and encouraging exclamations in which he had before indulged, and became as meek and demure as he probably passed for, being amongst those whose eyes he knew to be on him. He was of the order of Christian Brothers: a community by no means remarkable for the edification of their ...

— Barn and the Pyrenees - A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre • Louisa Stuart Costello

... and smiled pleasantly at Margaret standing on the threshold with an expression of demure defiance in her face. Did Mr. Shackford want anything more in the way of pans and pails for his plaster? No, Mr. Shackford had everything he required of the kind. But would not Miss Margaret walk in? Yes, she would ...

— The Stillwater Tragedy • Thomas Bailey Aldrich

... VIII., and seems to imply that he had himself seen her. "He (Richard III.) caused," says More, "the Bishop of London to put her to an open penance, going before the cross in procession upon a Sunday, with a taper in her hand; in which she went in countenance and face demure, so womanly, and albeit she were out of all array save her kirtle only, yet went she so fair and lovely, namely while the wondering of the people cast a comely red in her cheeks (of which she before had ...

— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

... with stuffed cheek-pouches, traveling more on the side of the wall than on the top, stopping every few yards to see that the way is clear, but giving little heed to me or to the performing squirrel. In comparison the chipmunk is a demure, preoccupied, pretty little busybody who often watches you curiously, but never mocks you or pokes fun at you; while the gray squirrel has the manners of the best-bred wood-folk, and he goes his way without fuss or bluster, a picture of sylvan ...

— The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers • John Burroughs

... manager who thought nobody could Show him was sitting at his Desk. A Grass Widow floated in, and stood Smiling at him. She was a Blonde, and had a Gown that fit her as if she had been Packed into it by Hydraulic Pressure. She was just as Demure as Edna May ever tried to be, but the Business Manager was a Lightning Calculator, and he Surmised that the Bunk was about to be Handed to him. The Cold Chills went down his Spine when he caught a Flash of ...

— More Fables • George Ade

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