Thesaurus / decorous

decorous

How to use decorous in a sentence

He remembered how decorous and dignified was the Mogul court when Britain paid honor to an ancient dynasty.

His visions of a merry riot were all fled, and he was listening with the eagerness of a decorous Sunday-school child.

THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMAN

Half of the people had taken their seats when he began; there was a hasty scramble, and a decorous, half-checked smile.

HILDASARAH JEANETTE DUNCAN

The past has come down to us cloaked and shrouded, and attended by its decorous retinue of mutes and bearers.

Let us turn into the British Museum and see sensible, decorous Boxing-day there.

MYSTIC LONDON:CHARLES MAURICE DAVIES

Deane watched his face as—perfunctorily subdued, decorous, he stood where Ruth had stood a moment before.

FIDELITYSUSAN GLASPELL

If the palace was not so gay as during the reign of Madame de Montespan, it was more decorous and more intellectual.

Tall, erect, with her hands resting on the high rail, she made a decorous and restful figure against the sunset sky.

This, we supposed, would tend to her welfare and induce her to lead a regular, decorous life; but we were mistaken.

Then she hastily mastered their contents, and made answer in the briefest and most decorous manner.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985