demurring

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of demur

adj

1. Reluctant; tending or serving to demur.

   “And that mode of expression is very demurring and self-deprecating. Victorian English was all about understatement.”

   “"I'm the hostess, it would be unsociable for me to leave," I said, flashing him my most demurring smile.”

   “Well, if he, Karl, owned a pair of pants like that it would be no trick at all to captivate the most demurring siren.”

noun

1. demurral

   “After some legal demurrings, it was allowed[…]”