Decorous

Our definition of "decorous" is rather stodgy and inhibited compared to much of the rest of the civilized world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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 ❋ John Talbot Smith (1889)

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. ❋ Joseph Heller (1994)

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. ❋ Unknown (2004)

So he really has been actually kind of decorous in what he has been willing to say. ❋ Unknown (2002)

You have yet to hear the 'decorous' and thrilling part of my tale. ❋ Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (N/A)

This lasted until spring; then came a sensation and scandal, such as decorous Heatherton had not known since the time ❋ Unknown (1908)

In "Lorraine, France" 1999, two huge, tubalike configurations are streaked from the effects of time, but their complexity, similarity, Brobdingnagian scale and Mr. Bourdeau's decorous treatment of them make an image both sweet and solemn. ❋ William Meyers (2012)

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. ❋ Bishop T.D. Jakes (2012)

Her personal life, she says, was "as measured and decorous as Laura Ashley wallpaper." ❋ Elizabeth Benedict (2011)

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. ❋ Karin Badt (2011)

But do so in such a way that it looks fairly decorous? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The crowd singing Jerusalem at the Proms is remarkably decorous, standing still as they sing and waving no flags, but these scenes follow a sequence of young people jiving: "Britain is very old – and very young." ❋ Ian Jack (2010)

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. ❋ Bill Turque (2011)

The tears are decorous; I do not sob, for I am still at work in a manner of speaking and I have no wish to make a scene. ❋ Md Meghan Maclean Weir (2011)

One hopes for decorous exchanges between now and then. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The pair teamed with Mr. Fellowes, whose Secret Garden Party in England draws upward of 30,000 attendees for decorous three-day affairs. ❋ Andy Battaglia (2011)

They require focus, and with their decorous rows of text reposing on the page, they promote it. ❋ Alexandra Petri (2011)

An international army of onlookers has swarmed his rented townhouse on Franklin Street since Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who had been accused of sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper, retreated there under house arrest in May, creating an occasional but unpredictable spectacle on a normally sleepy, decorous stretch of lower Manhattan. ❋ Erica Orden (2011)

Man, my [sugar daddy] wants me to visit him in his [office] every week, but [I want money] to pay for my clothes so I have to be decorous. ❋ Rocketchocolate (2017)

Example 1: It is just a weak [malleable] metal that fuses the [wires] in the cable to the metal hardware [input] port to create a connection flow, and normally an engineer designs an external support to hold them together, part of which is that thick plastic area at the end of the cable where it connects to the hardware input unit; which is the device [connector] and its own external support; but on this shitty Chinese Display Port ([DP]) cable that was entirely [decorational]... The actual wire fuse took place in the middle of the box that was supposed to be the hardware input unit, which was actually just decorational as well... It has only the DP connector and not the rest of the device that supports the strength of it, with nothing but copperfoil (10x weaker than [tinfoil] or paper) wrapped around it and a big plastic shell popped together around the whole thing to make it look like something that was engineered properly from the outside while on the inside being designed at the engineering level I had at 10 years old. Example 2: Person 1 says, "The phone case I ordered has [gears] on it." Person 2 says, "Wow, are they functional?" Person 1 says, "No, they're just decorational." ❋ MPWHart (2016)

The [decor] in [the family] room is just [awful]! ❋ TeironTV (2017)

[Anne] is having a decoring party this [sat], are you gonna [be there]? ❋ Killer Kurvz (2009)

“[have some] decorism about yourself” ❋ Unknown_ballsack (2022)

[I was gonna] [go round] [my girlfriend's] tonight but the decorators are in... ❋ Catcatcat (2005)

[eric] [decorated] [the bathroom] at players ❋ Sailorned (2007)

I [decorated] the [books] in [the library]. ❋ CraigZ (2005)

A [school of fish], a murder a crows, [a flock of seagulls], a decor of [poofs]. ❋ Bunsen Burner (2006)

Girl 1: That hat is so pretty! Are the [zippers] on it [functional]? Girl 2: No, they're just [decorational]. ❋ Captain.Cupcake (2010)