Also, I adore the devastating footnotes, wherein he eviscerates (decorously) his wayward predecessor, Andrew Field.
Major Brent and Colonel Hyssop observed her in decorously suppressed sympathy.
Everything went off simply, decorously, and without any affectation on his part.
Rules were, however, decorously observed, and chairmen chosen at their meetings.
They received him most decorously, for the Lone Wolf made a speech that opened their eyes.
For a moment madame was lost in calculation, then she decorously mentioned the amount of their debt.
He was entering it decorously, though not without some speed.
He was decorously sthetic, just as he was decorously religious and decorously obedient to the usages of society.
If you must air your grievances, surely you may do it quietly and decorously.
He seated himself, for Electra was now decorously smiling in a chair that became her.
1660s, from Latin decorus "becoming, seemly, fitting, proper," from decus (genitive decoris) "ornament" (see decorate). Related: Decorously; decorousness.
