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Definition of "decorously" [decorously]

  • In a decorous manner. (adverb)

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Use "decorously" in a sentence
  • "Those curious, consulting the yellowed files of the newspapers, can read little protests -- signed with _nom de plumes_ -- from young women, complaining that young men of their acquaintance, after calling decorously on them, would cross quite openly to the house over the way."
  • "After a long court battle, a settlement was reached—the merchant was granted membership and the cats were more decorously positioned."
  • "The protesters have largely been very decorously behaved."
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