decorous

• “Our definition of "decorous" is rather stodgy and inhibited compared to much of the rest of the civilized world.”

  Joe Wilson's "You Lie!" | What Actually Happened...

• “Nothing of the Endicott in face or manner, nothing tragical, the expression decorous and formal, perhaps a trifle quizzical, as this was their first meeting since the interview in”

  The Art of Disappearing

• “Years back, before either had married, they had luxuriated together in what would today be termed an affair, although neither then would have conceived of applying a title so decorous to the things they were doing with each other so ardently and incessantly, with never a pledge or serious care of a future together.”

  Simon & Schuster: Closing Time

• “Smuts said the coverage also gave the always "decorous" policy unit head and minister of public enterprises, Jeff Radebe, a shot at selling and answering questions on the party's election manifesto.”

  ANC Daily News Briefing

• “So he really has been actually kind of decorous in what he has been willing to say.”

  CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2002

• “You have yet to hear the 'decorous' and thrilling part of my tale.”

  Molly Bawn

• “This lasted until spring; then came a sensation and scandal, such as decorous Heatherton had not known since the time”

  Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901

• “She has expressed ambivalence when asked, which is either a decorous reluctance to appear too eager for the brass ring or a reflection of real doubt.”

  The Washington Post: Rhee's successor escapes her shadow; challenges remain

• “His decorous declarations ringing in freedom from behind the bars of a Birmingham cell -- daring to call forth those things that be not as though they were.”

  The Huffington Post: Bishop T.D. Jakes: Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• “So at four in the morning, I went into the "massage room" and fell asleep while receiving a very decorous shiatsu massage by a man who kept reminding me to make sure my kimono was tightly shut.”

  The Huffington Post: Karin Badt: An All-Night Bath Experience In Tokyo (PHOTOS)

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