Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With a grave countenance; with a show of gravity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
demure manner.
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- adverb in a demure manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are new people; exotic foods and ideas, all calling demurely from ever ...
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There are new people; exotic foods and ideas, all calling demurely from ever ...
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And if you lock at those clips of her in court -- you know how she has that sweater and she ` s kind of demurely, you know, fastening the button over her breast?
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New Haven one Saturday evening, and being dressed in black, was taken for a minister, and asked to preach: he was apparently a little insane, and at first talked "demurely," but at last "railed like Rabshakeh,"
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"It is the silver lining to my -- cloud," demurely; "dull clothes are dreadful when the sky is dark."
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Obama envoy warns of 'no deal' summit group is being told to dress more 'demurely'.
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I think we will, and I'll say it demurely which is hard for me, better weather this storm then most others which is why we are projecting the kind of growth in EBITDA that we suggest for next year.
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I think we will, and I'll say it demurely which is hard for me, better weather this storm then most others which is why we are projecting the kind of growth in EBITDA that we suggest for next year.
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I think we will, and I'll say it demurely which is hard for me, better weather this storm then most others which is why we are projecting the kind of growth in EBITDA that we suggest for next year.
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I think we will, and I'll say it demurely which is hard for me, better weather this storm then most others which is why we are projecting the kind of growth in EBITDA that we suggest for next year.
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"'Of course I wouldn't do any such thing,' I said demurely, and he scowled at me." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris
February 5, 2011