demure
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Others opt for the registry office and a demure lunch with close friends, and prefer to save their money for a house.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025
She’d ask for news of the tenants by name and demure every time he told her they were willing to pay more.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024
Another internet phenomenon has inspired the Dictionary.com word of the year which is demure.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2024
It's very mindful and very demure, one might say using TikTok verbiage.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024
She’d switched out her multicolored, patchwork-adorned backpack for a more demure taupe leather handbag.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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