decorously

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Decorously the motion passed with not a single dissenting vote.

From Time Magazine Archive

Decorously dressed in black suits and flowered dresses, they were moved by evangelical zeal: when a 2,000-voice choir began to sing, everyone joined in.

From Time Magazine Archive

Decorously they paused near the door, while a great deal of arguing went on, in which the shriller voices of women mingled with the guttural tones of the men.

From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

Decorously, with every homage, they were being deposed.

From The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal by Saltus, Edgar

Decorously the small couples stepped upon the platform, one after another, and began to dance.

From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth