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Definition of "demurely" [de•mure•ly]

  • In a demure manner. (adverb)

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Use "demurely" in a sentence
  • "There are new people; exotic foods and ideas, all calling demurely from ever ..."
  • "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?"
  • "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,""