demureadjective
uk/dɪˈmjʊər/us/dɪˈmjʊr/(especially of women) quiet and well behaved:
She gave him a demure smile.
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Calm and relaxed
- (as) cool as a cucumber idiom
- at (your) leisure idiom
- be at peace with the world idiom
- carefree
- careless
- comfort
- comfortably
- easy-going
- equilibrium
- free-flowing
- genteel
- happy-go-lucky
- harmonious
- lamb
- peaceful
- quiescent
- relaxed
- rested
- sangfroid
- self-possession
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Behaving well
demurely
adverb uk/dɪˈmjʊə.li/us/dɪˈmjʊr.li/
She sat with her hands folded demurely in her lap.
demureness
noun [ U ] uk/dɪˈmjʊə.nəs/us/dɪˈmjʊr.nəs/