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

One of them was very demure and mindful - think soft pastels, pussy bow blouses and pleats - as demonstrated by Chanel and Balenciaga.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

The garment’s austere black and silver palette projects a demure yet powerful mix of luxury and restraint.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

Purser’s Anne isn’t the demure ingenue of more traditional productions, even though McDonald’s Edouard Dindon has no problem playing the farcical parental heavy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

Elizebeth realized he thought she was “a demure little nobody.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield