'Decorously' definitions:
Definition of 'decorously'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a proper and decorous manner; "he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously" [ant: indecorously, unbecomingly]
Definition of 'Decorously'
From: GCIDE
- Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s; 277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.] Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge. [1913 Webster]
- A decorous pretext the war. --Motley. -- {De*co"rous*ly}, adv. -- {De*co"rous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Decorously'
- Decorate,
- Decorated,
- Decorating,
- Decorative,
- Decorativeness,
- Decorator,
- Decorement,
- Decorous,
- Decorousness,
- decor,
- decoration,
- decoratively,
- decore,
- Decorated style,
- Decoration Day,
- Decorative art,
- Gatch decoration,
- house decorator,
- interior decoration,
- interior decorator,
- room decorator,
- set decoration,
- cosmetic decorative ornamental,
- crested plumed having a decorative plume