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Definition of Demureness

1. Noun. The trait of behaving with reserve and decorum.

2. Noun. The affectation of being demure in a provocative way.

Definition of Demureness

1. n. The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.

Definition of Demureness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being demure. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Demureness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demureness

demulsifier demulsifiers demulsifies demulsify demulsifying demultiplex demultiplexed demultiplexer demultiplexers demultiplexes

demultiplexing demur demure demured demurely demureness (current term) demurenesses demurer demures demurest

demuring demurity demurrable demurrage demurrages demurral demurrals demurred demurrer demurrer to evidence

Literary usage of Demureness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reminiscences of Eton (Keate's Time) by Charles Allix Wilkinson (1888)
"... NAME ' BAFFIN '—THE PLEIADES—' THE HOWLING DERVISHES '—A TANDEM THROUGH COLLEGE FOB A BET— WITH GREATER demureness THAN USUAL—FINED FOR COCK-FIGHTING ON ..."

2. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"4), where however Clara is not precisely a type of maiden demureness. 'Forsooth' afterwards came to be regarded as a bourgeois phrase ; see Sir R. Howard's ..."

3. The History of Modern Painting by RICHARD. MUTHER (1907)
"angular but single-minded study of nature; in the other there is the demureness and embarrassment of the Quattrocento, a demureness breaking into blossom ..."

4. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1873)
"... without any respect of works or former demureness of ife, if so be they will but now come in and close with this high uid rich dispensation. ..."

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