Meanings of proper decorum in English

Edward had always insisted on proper decorum and respect in the marriage bed.

He was a god, and he liked to see things conducted with proper decorum.

Rigid rules for their government were formulated and enforced, and a proper decorum required and observed.

He's got to maintain proper decorum and he's got to temper the behavior of the attorneys.

No lady of proper decorum likes to run the risk of finding herself in a false position.

And now he would fain go to the play to see that we observe the proper decorum there.

There is proper decorum to consider.'

You're never too old to be schooled in proper decorum by your grandma… especially when your nan is the Queen.

Still, Hamilton was expected to adhere to the proper decorum-behavelike a slaughtered lamb, lie down, and be gracefully butchered.

Convulsed with mirth, my brother-in-law and I were hard put to it to maintain the proper decorum before our assembled relatives.

She tried her best to be polite-hehad drilled into her how necessary it was to maintain proper decorum in the Interstellar Guard.

She'd worked hard at impressing the need for proper decorum upon him, and she was a bit relieved to find her efforts paying off.

Du Havel favored them with a grin which, alas, he was quite sure was several degrees too savage for proper decorum at such an event.

I'm not sure it'd be proper decorum to show up in a "Jerry Is My Homeboy" T-shirt, but the thought has crossed my mind.

Dr Clifford said he hoped that in future public debate " proper decorum would be observed and that people wouldn't accuse each other publicly of lying".