demurely

1. 1.

   in a demure manner

   “the army girl, tall and demurely pretty, threw a quick side-glance at her”

Questions about demurely

What does demurely mean?

demurely means "in a demure manner".

How many syllables are in demurely?

demurely has 3 syllables: demu-rel-y. The stress falls on "rel". In IPA it is /dɪˈmjʊɹli/.

Is demurely a common word?

demurely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.