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demureness

noun

Etymology

From demure + -ness.

  1. inherited from demure
  2. suffixed as demureness — “demure + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being demure.

    • She would laugh, high and loud, and the shopkeepers would laugh with her, their laughter softer than hers, a thoughtful demureness that was mindful of the fact that she was the customer […] and therefore should not be upstaged.
    • “Don’t be coy. Haven’t I sent you nice gifts? Haven’t I been sweet to you? You play at demureness, but now? Why him? Why not me?”

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