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demure

[dih-myoor] / dɪˈmyʊər /


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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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