decorously
Example Sentences
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Her confidante immediately hastens off to write “The Tears of the Comet,” an allegorical tale that decorously recasts certain incidents from his stay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
In a 1913 letter, he had put it less decorously: The items in his library were “powder with which to fight our enemies.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
Remember the decorously offended Victorian lady from Pasadena?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
A team of scientists recently discovered a parasitic and tarantula-killing species of worm, which have been decorously named "Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi" after Daniels and his spider-killing character.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2022
We courted decorously, not like Dede and Jaimito, two little puppies you constantly have to watch over so they don’t get into trouble— Mama has been telling me the stories.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
