decorously

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UK/ˈdɛkɹəsli/

adverb

In a decorous manner.

Similar
becominglychastelymodestlyaccordantlyaccordinglyagreeablyappropriatelycompliantly
Opposite
indecorously
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Meanings

adverbdecorously (comparative more decorously, superlative most decorously)

comparative more decorously · superlative most decorously

  1. In a decorous manner.

    […] below them, men and women, and boys and girls, sinners all, loitered; sometimes one of the church-members passed and saw them and waved. Then, for the moment that they waved decorously back, they were intimidated.

    1965, James Baldwin, “The Rockpile”, in Going to Meet the Man, Dial Press

    Synonyms: becomingly, chastely, modestly, accordantly, accordingly, agreeably, appropriately, becomingly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a decorous manner.

Similar
becominglychastelymodestlyaccordantlyaccordinglyagreeablyappropriatelybecominglycompliantlyconformablyconsistentlydulyfitlyproperlyrightlysuitablybecominglychastelycontinentlycorrectly

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a proper and decorous manner

Opposite
indecorously
Also see
chastelycontinentlydecentlydeservinglymeritoriouslymodestlymorallynoblypurelyrighteouslyright-mindedlyvirtuouslyworthily

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From decorous + -ly.

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APA

decorously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decorously

MLA

“decorously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decorously. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decorously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decorously.

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