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demurenesses

demurenesses is the plural of demureness.

Meaning of demureness

Noun

demureness (usually uncountable, plural demurenesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being demure.
    • 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.2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), pages 257-258

Questions about demurenesses

What is demurenesses the plural of?
Demurenesses is the plural of demureness.

Words near demurenesses in the dictionary

  1. demure
  2. demure as a whore at a christening
  3. demured
  4. demurely
  5. demureness
  6. demurenesses
  7. demurer
  8. demures
  9. demurest
  10. demuring
  11. demurity

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