|  decorous 
 
 1. characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
 - the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme
 • Ant:
 indecorous
 • Similar to:
 in good taste, sedate, staid
 • See Also:
 proper
 • Derivationally related forms:
 decorum, decorousness
 2. 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
 • Syn:
 becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, seemly
 • Similar to:
 proper
 • Derivationally related forms:
 seemliness (for: seemly), decorum, decorousness, decency (for: decent), becomingness (for: becoming)
 
 
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