Demure
Meaning
Behaving in a modest, quiet, and sometimes shy way
Pronunciation
UK /dɪˈmjʊə(r)/
US /dɪˈmjʊr/
Example Sentences
- Three years later came the harder assignment: [Sagittarius a]*]A*, the comparatively demure giant at the centre of our own galaxy, whose glow flickers over minutes rather than days.
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