Adjective: decorous de-ku-rus
- Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
"the tête-à-tête was decorous in the extreme"
- According with custom or propriety
"her decorous modesty";
- becoming, comely [archaic], comme il faut, seemly
See also: in good taste, proper, sedate, staid
Antonym: indecorous
Encyclopedia: Decorous