demure
/dɪˈmjʊɹ/ adjective C2- Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious. · She is a demure young lady.
- Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
Comparative demurer · Superlative demurest
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In the dining-room she had been demure and discreet.
Marilla had almost begun to despair of ever fashioning this waif of the world into her model little girl of demure manners and prim deportment.
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