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Noun: demureness  di'myûr-nus
  1. The trait of behaving with reserve and decorum
     
  2. The affectation of being demure in a provocative way
    - coyness

Derived forms: demurenesses

See also: demure

Type of: affectedness, effeteness, modesty, reserve

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