decorously

decorously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English decorous
English -ly
English decorously

    From decorous + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛkɹəsli/

    Adverb

    decorously (comparative more decorously, superlative most decorously)

    1. In a decorous manner.
      Synonyms: becomingly, chastely, modestly; see also Thesaurus:conformably, Thesaurus:virtuously
      • 1965, James Baldwin, “The Rockpile”, in Going to Meet the Man, Dial Press:
        […] below them, men and women, and boys and girls, sinners all, loitered; sometimes one of the church-members passed and saw them and waved. Then, for the moment that they waved decorously back, they were intimidated.
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