decorous.

Conforming to accepted standards of polite and appropriate behavior.

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Words that belong together

• decorous silence
• decorous conduct

On the page

A decorous silence followed the announcement.

Her decorous conduct concealed her amusement.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more decorous; superlative most decorous where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.