characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct;
\\\"the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme\\\"
according with custom or propriety;
\\\"her becoming modesty\\\"
\\\"comely behavior\\\"
\\\"it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money\\\"
\\\"a decent burial\\\"
\\\"seemly behavior\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
He gave his wife a decorous kiss. 他給了他太太得體的一吻。
This is an earnest and decorous book. 這是一本嚴肅高雅的書。
Real wood door gives a person with sedate, decorous feeling. 實木門給人以穩重、高雅的感覺。
常用短語
Junior Ministers..probably keep more..decorous company than writers do.
出自：J. I. M. Stewart
Their greetings were intimate yet restrained, decorous.