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Demureness

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de·mure  (d-myr)
adj. de·mur·er, de·mur·est
1. Modest and reserved in manner or behavior.
2. Affectedly shy, modest, or reserved. See Synonyms at shy1.
[Middle English, probably from Anglo-Norman (influenced by Old French mur, meur, mature, serious), past participle of demurer, to delay, wait; see demur.]
de·murely adv.
de·mureness n.
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Noun1.demureness - the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
reserve, modesty - formality and propriety of manner
2.demureness - the affectation of being demure in a provocative way
coyness
affectedness - the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
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Ten yards farther on, John de Witt met a lovely young girl, of about seventeen or eighteen, dressed in the national costume of the Frisian women, who, with pretty demureness, dropped a curtesy to him.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
And here she closed her harangue: a long one for her, and uttered with the demureness of a Quakeress.
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