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Word entry · 8 letters

demurely

Best crossword clue

"In a modest way"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech adverbSorted deelmruyStarts with DEnds with Y1 clues
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Definitions

  1. in a demure manner

Word origin

From Middle English demurely; equivalent to demure + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • they spy'd a Cat upon a Shelf; that lay and look'd so Demurely, as if there had been neither Life nor Soul in her.
  • When the coffee was drunk, and the cup was put away with many thanks and blessings, she went demurely to the hearth, and pulled out a snuff-horn.
  • `I am a hairdresser, but I was advertising as a model,' said Miss A demurely.

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