decorous
IPA: dˈɛkɝʌs
adjective
- Marked by proper behaviour.
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Examples of "decorous" in Sentences
- Her behavior towards others remains decorous and polite.
- You have yet to hear the 'decorous' and thrilling part of my tale.
- Her behavior towards other Wikipedians also remains decorous and polite.
- So he really has been actually kind of decorous in what he has been willing to say.
- Our definition of "decorous" is rather stodgy and inhibited compared to much of the rest of the civilized world.
- This lasted until spring; then came a sensation and scandal, such as decorous Heatherton had not known since the time
- She has expressed ambivalence when asked, which is either a decorous reluctance to appear too eager for the brass ring or a reflection of real doubt.
- His decorous declarations ringing in freedom from behind the bars of a Birmingham cell -- daring to call forth those things that be not as though they were.
- Nothing of the Endicott in face or manner, nothing tragical, the expression decorous and formal, perhaps a trifle quizzical, as this was their first meeting since the interview in
- So at four in the morning, I went into the "massage room" and fell asleep while receiving a very decorous shiatsu massage by a man who kept reminding me to make sure my kimono was tightly shut.
- Smuts said the coverage also gave the always "decorous" policy unit head and minister of public enterprises, Jeff Radebe, a shot at selling and answering questions on the party's election manifesto.
- Years back, before either had married, they had luxuriated together in what would today be termed an affair, although neither then would have conceived of applying a title so decorous to the things they were doing with each other so ardently and incessantly, with never a pledge or serious care of a future together.