Adjective

(en adjective)

Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.

She is a demure young lady.

* W. Black

Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.

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Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.

* L'Estrange

A cat lay, and looked so demure , as if there had been neither life nor soul in her.

* Miss Mitford

Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having relevant and crucial value.

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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.

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*1988, (Robert Ferro), Second Son :

*:For this was the most important thing, that when a person felt strongly about an issue in life, it mustn’t be ignored by others; for if it was, everything subsequent to it would turn out badly, even though there should seem to be no direct connection.

*{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw

, title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}