About The Word Decorous
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Decorous
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What's The Definition Of Decorous?
[adj] characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
[adj] according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior" Synonyms | Synonyms for Decorous: becoming | comely | comme il faut | decent | in good taste(p) | sedate | seemly | staid Related Terms | Find terms related to Decorous: accepted | according to Hoyle | acknowledged | admitted | appropriate | approved | au fait | becoming | befitting | being done | ceremonial | ceremonious | Christian | civil | civilized | comely | comme il faut | condign | conformable | conforming | conventional | correct | customary | de rigueur | decent | delicate | demure | dignified | done | due | earnest | elegant | felicitous | fit | fitting | formal | frowning | genteel | gentlemanly | good | grave | grim | grim-faced | grim-visaged | happy | hieratic | kosher | ladylike | liturgic | long-faced | mannerly | meet | modest | nice | normal | normative | orthodox | polished | polite | pompous | prim | proper | punctilious | received | recognized | refined | respectable | right | right and proper | righteous | rightful | rigid | ritual | ritualistic | sacerdotal | seasonable | sedate | seemly | serious | sober | sober-minded | sobersided | solemn | somber | staid | stately | stiff | stone-faced | straight-faced | stuffy | suitable | thoughtful | traditional | unsmiling | urbane | weighty | well-behaved | well-mannered See Also | proper Decorous In Webster's Dictionary \De*co"rous\ (?; 277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor
comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See {Decent}, and cf.
{Decorum}.]
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;
marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a
judge.
A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
-- {De*co"rous*ly}, adv. -- {De*co"rous*ness}, n.
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