decorously

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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, with every homage, they were being deposed.

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

Decorously the children filed upstairs and were put in charge of maids who assisted them with their toilets.

From Marjorie's Maytime by Wells, Carolyn

Decorously sorry, of course, for the tidings which had arrived, but unable to conceal the inward satisfaction which peeped out—not satisfaction at the death of Fred, but at the accession of Lionel.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.