Demureness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 the affectation of being demure in a provocative way wordnet
- 3 the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From demure + -ness.
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