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DECOROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
Example:
the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme
Classified under:
Similar:
in good taste (satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards)
sedate; staid (characterized by dignity and propriety)
Also:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Antonym:
indecorous (lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct)
Derivation:
decorousness; decorum (propriety in manners and conduct)
Sense 2
Meaning:
According with custom or propriety
Example:
seemly behavior
Synonyms:
becoming; comely; comme il faut; decorous; seemly
Classified under:
Similar:
proper (marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness)
Derivation:
decorousness; decorum (propriety in manners and conduct)
