demureness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

The state or quality of being demure.

Uncountable

"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."
"“Don’t be coy. Haven’t I sent you nice gifts? Haven’t I been sweet to you? You play at demureness, but now? Why him? Why not me?”"

demurenesses (plural)

coyness

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