Crossword-Solution: DEMURELY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Demurely | adv. | In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty. |
We have 13 clues for the answer “DEMURELY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| In a coy manner | 1 answer |
| In a modest manner | 1 answer |
| In a shy or prim way | 1 answer |
| In an affectedly shy way | 1 answer |
| In a modest way | 2 answers |
| COY ACT | 11 answers |
| civily | 33 answers |
| affably | 34 answers |
| courteously | 34 answers |
| decently | 36 answers |
| ADMIRABLY | 37 answers |
| amiably | 43 answers |
| coy | 60 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
CMEEAZ
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with DEMURELY (5)
Bathsheba demurely regarded a contemptible straw lying upon the ground, in a way which suggested less ovine criticism than womanly embarrassment.
There were ruddy, brown-faced, broad-girthed Spanish Onions, shining in the fatness of their growth like Spanish Friars, and winking from their shelves in wanton slyness at the girls as they went by, and glanced demurely at the hung-up mistletoe.
What did he say?” “He says that your Majesty’s brains seem to have come loose,” replied the girl, demurely.
James Wilder, and that he is not the murderer.” “No, the murderer has escaped.” Sherlock Holmes smiled demurely.
Farther down, before one of the cottages, a lady in black was walking demurely up and down, telling her beads.
Quotes with DEMURELY (3)
Back home, my favorite part of Mass was during communion, when I'd stand at the rail and hold a little gold platter under people's chins. The pretty girls would line up for communion (I confess to Almighty God). They'd kneel (and to you my brothers and sisters), cast their eyes demurely down (I have sinned through my own fault), and stick out their tongues (in my thoughts and in my words). Their tongues would shine, reflected in the gold platter, and since the wafer was dry, …
Cheese runners shouted at it, tried to grab it, and flailed at it with sticks, but the piratical cheese scythed onward, reaching the bottom just ahead of the terrible carnage of men and cheeses as they piled up. Then it rolled back to the top and sat there demurely while still gently vibrating. At the bottom of the slope, fights were breaking out among the cheese jockeys who were still capable of punching somebody, and since everybody was watching that, Tiffany took the oppor…
You busy?" she asked. He gave her a crooked grin, "Right now I'd say I'm completely engaged." She smiled demurely. "But I want to take you to my secret place." Bryce loosened his grip on her, giving her a full view of the quizzical, playful look on his face. "Is that a come-on? Because I'm way past ready to go to your secret place.
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1985–2010).