DECOROUS
\dˈɛkəɹəs], \dˈɛkəɹəs], \d_ˈɛ_k_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\
Definitions of DECOROUS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
By Princeton University
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characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.
By Oddity Software
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Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.
By Noah Webster.
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Decorously.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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