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1 decorous
['dekərəs]((behaving in a manner which is) acceptable, especially quiet and dignified: behaving in a decorous manner.) pieklājīgs- decorum* * *piedienīgs, pieklājīgs -
2 dry
1. adjective1) (having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc: The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.) sauss; izkaltis2) (uninteresting and not lively: a very dry book.) sauss; neinteresants3) ((of humour or manner) quiet, restrained: a dry wit.) garlaicīgs; neinteresants4) ((of wine) not sweet.) (par vīnu) sauss; nesaldināts2. verb(to (cause to) become dry: I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.) []slaucīt (pēc mazgāšanas); izkalst; izžūt; žāvēt- dried- drier
- dryer
- drily
- dryly
- dryness
- dry-clean
- dry land
- dry off
- dry up* * *sausums; sauszeme; alkohola aizlieguma piekritējs; vītināt, kaltēt, žāvēt; slaucīt; noslaucīt; izkalst, izžūt; konservēt; apsīkt, izsīkt; izkaltis, sauss; neinteresants, sauss; nesaldināts, sauss; izslāpis; pretalkohola; dzedrs, vēss -
3 dryly
adverb (in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner: He commented drily on the untidiness of the room.) sausi; neinteresanti* * *neinteresanti, sausi
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