decorously

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decorously

/ˈdɛkɹəsli/ UK

adverb more decorously · most decorously

In a decorous manner. […] below them, men and women, and boys and girls, sinners all, loitered; sometimes one of the church-members passed and saw them and waved. Then, for the moment that they waved decorously back, they were intimidated.
Similar: becomingly, chastely, modestly, accordantly, accordingly, agreeably, appropriately, compliantly, conformably, consistently, duly, fitly

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@misc{decorously_2026,
  title = {decorously},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/decorously},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}