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• decorously — index respectfully Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• decorously — decorous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained. DERIVATIVES decorously adverb decorousness noun. ORIGIN Latin decorus seemly …   English terms dictionary

• decorously — adverb in a proper and decorous manner he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously • Ant: ↑indecorously • Derived from adjective: ↑decorous …   Useful english dictionary

• Decorously — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• decorously — adverb see decorous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• decorously — See decorous. * * * …   Universalium

• decorously — adverb In a decorous manner …   Wiktionary

• decorously — adv. tastefully, properly, correctly …   English contemporary dictionary

• decorously — dec·o·rous·ly …   English syllables

• decorously — See: decorous …   English dictionary

• decorous — decorously, adv. decorousness, n. /dek euhr euhs, di kawr euhs, kohr /, adj. characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. [1655 65; < L decorus seemly, becoming, deriv. of decus; see DECORATE, OUS] Syn.… …   Universalium