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Adjective: demure (demurer,demurest)  di'myûr
  1. Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
    "There is the demure and the dauntless"
    - coy, overmodest

Derived forms: demurer, demurest

See also: demurely, demureness, modest

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