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Meanings of great decorum in English

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Usage of great decorum in English
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The prisoner behaved with great decorum, and seemed thoroughly shocked and mortified.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3
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On the Sunday following, Colonel Mannering attended the parish church with great decorum.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
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All the guests are dressed like my own countrymen; a great decorum reigns around.
Devereux — Volume 05
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The bimbangs are conducted with great decorum and regularity.
The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
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Grant., dispersed in Silence, and with great decorum.
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
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That illustrious personage accepted his crown with great decorum, and wore it with great dignity to the last.
The Little Lame Prince
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Mr. Dixon swallowed his port with great decorum, but his wife fuddled herself every evening with cheap sherry.
The Hill of Dreams
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Russian officers and their ladies, and civilians in the upper brackets of income, dance around the fountain with great decorum.
A Russian Journal
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When it was at last terminated we retired to the drawing-room, and listened with great decorum to several pieces of music.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891
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I always manipulated the bellows, and did so with great decorum, as he was very exacting and I feared his displeasure.
My Brilliant Career
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They contrived to have business on the Continent; or, if they staid in England, they heard mass and kept Lent with great decorum.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
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The second ambassador, Baron von Groschlag, was a well-formed man of the world, easy in his exterior, but conducting himself with great decorum.
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
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She went through it with great decorum, shaking hands with Ishmael, wishing him success, and hoping to see him, some fine day, on the bench!
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
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They know exactly what to expect, and behave with greatest decorum.
Modern India
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The whole proceedings were marked with the greatest decorum.
Secret Band of Brothers / A Full and True Exposition of All the ...
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All was carried out with the greatest decorum.
The Land of Footprints
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