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Meanings of very decorous in English

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Usage of very decorous in English
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In these coffee-houses, however, there generally prevails a very decorous stillness and silence.
Travels in England in 1782
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The behaviour of the princes was very decorous and lively.
A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
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Some were very decorous in public, never giving anything of interest to the paparazzi.
A kiss of shadows
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The conversation was certainly being conducted on very decorous lines.
Joanna Godden
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The court became very decorous, if it was hypocritical.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
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And it was also very decorous, well-bred, and conventional.
The Web of Life
7
It is really more correct, decidedly more proper; Chrysantheme is evidently a very decorous young person.
Madame Chrysantheme — Volume 3
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It is really more correct, decidedly much more proper; Chrysanthème is evidently a very decorous young person.
Madame Chrysanthème
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I fear that our conduct was not very decorous, but in the circumstances we were to be excused.
Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls
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When he entered public life, the House of Lords was a very small and a very decorous assembly.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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The boys were expected to be very decorous not only to the visiting ministers but to all older than themselves.
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Vo...
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When the sets, which are very long and very decorous, are finished, sometimes a jig is danced for our benefit.
Penelope's Irish Experiences
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It was all very decorous, and over in a second, but it meant much to remember afterward, that look and hand-clasp.
A Voice in the Wilderness
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It was indeed a very decorous little party which sat in two rows of three, facing each other in the wagonette during the eight-mile drive.
Big Game: A Story for Girls
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Very decorous people were with each other even though it was a very high voltage under the decorousness.
The new yorker
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