| ADJECTIVE | all | decorous | characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct |
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| all | decorous, becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly | according with custom or propriety |
| Sounds | deh'kerahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct. | |
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| Example | "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme" | |
| Narrower | in good taste | satisfying generally accepted social or esthetic standards |
| sedate, staid | Characterized by dignity and propriety | |
| See also | decent | conforming to conventions of sexual behavior |
| proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness | |
| Opposite | indecorous, indelicate | lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct |
| Spanish | decoroso | |
| Nouns | decorum, decorousness | propriety in manners and conduct |
| Meaning | according with custom or propriety. | |
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| Synonyms | becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly | |
| Broader | proper | marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
| Spanish | decente, decoroso | |
| Catalan | decent | |
| Nouns | decorum, decorousness | propriety in manners and conduct |
| Adverbs | decorously | in a proper and decorous manner |
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