demurely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demurely
Adverb
  • The broad market index started the day modestly higher, touching a new all-time intraday high, before fizzling a bit and trading near the flatline.
    Kevin Stankiewicz,Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Artists and songwriters could earn a decent living with an album that sold even modestly.
    Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • All those sounds also have to blend in unobtrusively.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The interplay between raw audio and physical reconstructions is deftly and unobtrusively handled.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Across five starts, Thiaw has been quietly composed.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • At Ares Management's analyst day last month, the alternative asset manager quietly bumped up its three-year fundraising targets by 25%.
    Leslie Picker, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • They were carried out over two months, by crews working inconspicuously at night, and the parties then quietly resolved compensation and insurance claims.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Demurely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demurely. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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