decorous
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈdɛkəɹəs/
decorous
- Marked by proper behavior.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter V, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 3rd edition, London: J. Jonson, published 1796, section III, pages 219–220 ↗:
- The narrow path of truth and virtue inclines neither to the right nor left—it is a ſtraightforward buſineſs, and they who are earneſtly purſuing their road, may bound over many decorous prejudices, without leaving modeſty behind.
- 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 61,
- There came a day when the round of decorous pleasures and solemn gaieties in which Mr. Jos Sedley’s family indulged was interrupted by an event which happens in most houses.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 43
- But who can fathom the subtleties of the human heart? Certainly not those who expect from it only decorous sentiments and normal emotions.
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, Part One, Chapter 1
- The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter V, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 3rd edition, London: J. Jonson, published 1796, section III, pages 219–220 ↗:
- Russian: благопристо́йный
- Spanish: decoro
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