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Demureness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being demure. uncountable, usually

    "She would laugh, high and loud, and the shopkeepers would laugh with her, their laughter softer than hers, a thoughtful demureness that was mindful of the fact that she was the customer […] and therefore should not be upstaged."

  2. 2
    the affectation of being demure in a provocative way wordnet
  3. 3
    the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum wordnet

Etymology

From demure + -ness.

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