decorous
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Lee Martino’s choreography, like the production as a whole, is at its best when observing decorous constraints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
Their work has been seen as reflecting their vastly different personas—Manet the dashing, witty, impetuous flâneur; Morisot the reserved, intelligent and exceedingly decorous bourgeoise—through the lens of their separate worlds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
An ad hoc band of 31 artists had issued a riposte to the city’s annual state-sponsored Salon, with its elitist jury system and decorous traditional canvases, by holding an independent exhibition of thoroughly modern art.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
To make a point she moved "outside the usual decorous modes of conversation that civil servants use", he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
In the distance she could see the pale spires of the palace, windows lit with hundreds of candles in the dark night, presiding over the merriment in the Square like a distant, decorous Fairy Queen.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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