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"ref": "2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this …'”, in The Daily Telegraph",
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"ref": "2005, Maureen Dowd, Are Men Necessary?, page 311",
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{
"ref": "2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this …'”, in The Daily Telegraph",
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"ref": "2021 June 30, Motoko Rich, Hikari Hida, “Expected to Be Demure, Japan’s Girls Face Steep Hurdles to Athletic Dreams”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"ref": "c. 1824, Mary Russell Mitford, Walks in the Country",
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hamest",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "համեստ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "lurǰ",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "լուրջ"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "canrabaro",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "ծանրաբարո"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "seriozen",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "сериозен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skromen",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "скромен"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "嫻靜"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiánjìng",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "娴静"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
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"masculine"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "bescheiden"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "beschaafd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "keurig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "netjes"
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "tagasihoidlik"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "kaino"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "réservé"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "discret"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "sobre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "sérieux"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavmdabali",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "თავმდაბალი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "zurückhaltend"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "ernst"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "sittsam"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chamilothóris",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαμηλοθώρης"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chamilovlepoúsa",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "χαμηλοβλεπούσα"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "tartózkodó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "visszafogott"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "diszkrét"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "komoly"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "szolid"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "stuama"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pudico"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sypaiy",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "сыпайы"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sabyrly",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "сабырлы"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ūstamdy",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "ұстамды"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yamjeonhada",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "얌전하다"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "joyonghada",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "조용하다"
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "demure"
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{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "mure"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "reservado"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skrómnyj",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "скро́мный"
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"code": "ru",
"english": "reserved",
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"roman": "sdéržannyj",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "сде́ржанный"
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{
"code": "ru",
"english": "quiet",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tíxij",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "ти́хий"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "stuama"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "modesto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "modest, quiet, reserved",
"word": "reservado"
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "mûr"
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"2": "la",
"3": "mātūrus"
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],
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],
"glosses": [
"To look demurely."
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