单词	demure
释义	demurede‧mure /dɪˈmjʊə $ -ˈmjʊr/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINdemure Origin: 1300-1400 Old French demoré, past participle of demorer; ➔ DEMUR Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the demure look toward the floor, the disclaimer with the hands often as not look faked when seen. He is as good as his name, as wild, eccentric and ebullient as Keane is demure and disciplined. Her maids carried them upstairs and demure Penelope retired with great contentment in her heart. I wore jeans or the demure dresses approved of by the school authorities. Lovely, simple, and demure. She looked almost demure, she thought disparagingly, glaring at her reflection as if her dilemma were all the mirror's fault. The deceptively demure Meredith was led outside by the masked Lucenzo. When they become possessed by their spirits, these demure, purdah-confined ladies undergo a remarkable change. 1quiet, serious, and well-behaved – used especially about women in the past:  Old photos of Maggie show her young and demure.2demure clothes do not show much of a woman’s body:  a demure white dress—demurely adverb
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