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Decorous

  1. adjective

    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct

    “the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme”

  2. adjective

    according with custom or propriety

    “her becoming modesty”

    Similar: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, seemly

Word family

decorousness · decorously

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Word parts

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