Definition of "demurely"

demurely

adverb
comparative more demurely, superlative most demurely
1. In a demure manner.
  Quotations
  they spy'd a Cat upon a Shelf; that lay and look'd so Demurely, as if there had been neither Life nor Soul in her.
  1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […]
  When the coffee was drunk, and the cup was put away with many thanks and blessings, she went demurely to the hearth, and pulled out a snuff-horn.
  1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 302
  `I am a hairdresser, but I was advertising as a model,' said Miss A demurely.
  1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 102