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Meaning of "decorously" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECOROUSLY

decorously  [ˈdɛkərəslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECOROUSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decorously is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DECOROUSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

decorously

Decorum

Decorum was a principle of classical rhetoric, poetry and theatrical theory that was about the fitness or otherwise of a style to a theatrical subject. The concept of decorum is also applied to prescribed limits of appropriate social behavior within set situations.

Definition of decorously in the English dictionary

The definition of decorously in the dictionary is in a decorous manner.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECOROUSLY


amorously
ˈæmərəslɪ
boisterously
ˈbɔɪstərəslɪ
cantankerously
kænˈtæŋkərəslɪ
dangerously
ˈdeɪndʒərəslɪ
generously
ˈdʒɛnərəslɪ
glamorously
ˈɡlæmərəslɪ
humorously
ˈhjuːmərəslɪ
indecorously
ɪnˈdekərəslɪ
murderously
ˈmɜːdərəslɪ
numerously
ˈnjuːmərəslɪ
obstreperously
əbˈstrɛpərəslɪ
ponderously
ˈpɒndərəslɪ
preposterously
prɪˈpɒstərəslɪ
prosperously
ˈprɒspərəslɪ
rancorously
ˈræŋkərəslɪ
rapturously
ˈræptʃərəslɪ
rigorously
ˈrɪɡərəslɪ
treacherously
ˈtretʃərəslɪ
ungenerously
ʌnˈdʒɛnərəslɪ
vigorously
ˈvɪɡərəslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECOROUSLY

decor
decorate
Decorated architecture
Decorated style
decorating
decoration
decorative
decorative art
decoratively
decorativeness
decorator
decorous
decorousness
decorticate
decortication
decorticator
decorum
decoupage
decouple
decoupler

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECOROUSLY

anonymously
cautiously
consciously
continuously
curiously
deliciously
deviously
enormously
famously
graciously
hilariously
meticulously
obviously
outrageously
previously
ridiculously
seriously
simultaneously
spontaneously
tremendously
unanimously

Synonyms and antonyms of decorously in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decorously» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECOROUSLY

Find out the translation of decorously to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decorously from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decorously» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有礼貌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decorosamente
570 millions of speakers

English

decorously
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decorously
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

decorously
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чинно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decorously
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভদ্রভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décemment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sihat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schicklich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

礼儀正しく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decorously
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decorously
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

decorously
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decorously
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सभ्यपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

decorously
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decorosamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ozdobnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чинно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόσμια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decorously
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decorously
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decorously
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decorously

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECOROUSLY»

The term «decorously» is normally little used and occupies the 126.192 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECOROUSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decorously» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decorously» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decorously

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECOROUSLY»

Discover the use of decorously in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decorously and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
DECOROUS. DECOROUSLY-. DECRETAL. well-known Bourne de Vie, but is less purgative. D. rpiaiaci composihan, compound decoction of Goaiacum ; commonly called Decoction of the Woods: it hss fallen into disuse, having little power.
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1848
2
The Routledge Reader in Politics and Performance
And so lack of control is decorously expressed, or if not decorously at any rate decorously for the stage. Among all the possible signs certain particular ones are picked out, with careful and visible consideration. Anger is naturally different from  ...
Jane de Gay, Lizbeth Goodman, 2002
3
Epistolary Community in Print, 1580–1664
Your friendasone vnacquainted hethertomay be, &c.108 If he can use less art, show more prudence and match his discourse to the occasion, thereby guaranteeing thathis discourse isethical, thenshe willyield decorously ina manner fitting her ...
Ms Diana G Barnes, 2013
4
Law and Literature: Text and Theory
Then, on the very hot June 17th of 1937, our Mrs. Lake, who is as a rule a model of decorum, came sweating decorously into my office with a paper cup of iced coffee for me, set it decorously on my desk, accepted my thanks, dropped a ...
Lenora Ledwon, 1996
5
Chinese Dreams: Pound, Brecht, Tel Quel
As Brecht takes pains to say, the actor only seems cold, because he presents emotional and psychological states as signs rather than as states: “lack of control is decorously expressed, or if not decorously at any rate decorously for the stage.
Eric R. J. Hayot, 2009
6
Comparative Criticism: Volume 9, Cultural Perceptions and ...
And so lack of control is decorously expressed, or if not decorously at any rate decorously for the stage. Among all the possible signs certain particular ones are picked out, with careful and visible consideration. Anger is naturally different from  ...
E. S. Shaffer, 1987
7
Parzival, with Titurel and the Love-lyrics
(234) They knew how to withdraw decorously, to stand by the first four. On those eight ladies were dresses greener than grass, samite of Azagouc, well-cut, long and wide. About the middle they were squeezed together by belts, precious, ...
Wolfram (von Eschenbach), Cyril W. Edwards, 2004
8
New York Magazine
Art/Barbara. Rose. ALMOST,. BUT. NOT. QUITE. ". . . Davies. produced. works. that. remain. period. pieces: his. women. remain. decorously. behaved. ladies. even. with. their. clothes. off . . ." Davies's damsels: "Shine, Hesperus" (left), oil on  ...
9
The Book of Proverbs and Arabic Proverbial Works
The presenting of a bribe to the ruler incurs a debt on the part of the ruler: "He who flatters (i.e., by means of a bribe) the ruler, behaves decorously ('»-!&« °J '$> & '(~G> j^)."455 Behaving decorously indicates that the briber will show less ...
Riad Aziz Kassis, 1999
10
LIFE
decorously. at. diplomatic. dinners. Washington, D. C. is a nonindustrial city whose major business is government and which produces only two things in profusion — laws and parties. This year production is high. Although Eva- lyn Walsh ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECOROUSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decorously is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Barbara Kay: The bureaucrats killed CanLit
As a result, only Mordecai Richler (rebarbative outsider, iconoclast, actually funny as opposed to decorously humorous) captured a wide lay ... «National Post, Jul 15»
2
Social media changing the way politicians behave; deniability will …
And thanks to technology, at some point in the future, public worthies will have to behave as decorously in village Parari in Buxar district, Bihar, ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
3
Shaun Marsh makes hay for Australians during run harvest in Kent
They delivered a warm, sunny day, a placid, brown pitch and upon winning the toss they decorously invited the tourists to bat first. This was not ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Trailheads: Parades need not be spectator sport
They do have a set of wildly impatient teeth arranged decorously in the midst of a horrible grin. In St. Louis there are two St Patrick's Day ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jun 15»
5
Tinder, your time is up – Find some companionship for yourself and …
... owner and set up some time for your dogs to walk in circles and smell each other — while the owners behave, we assume, more decorously. «Digital Trends, Jun 15»
6
C'è la crisi: 180-305 AD
Rather more decorously, Cautes, bearer of light, with a raised torch and rooster, announces daylight on the left; off right, Cautopates, genius of ... «Wanted in Rome, Jun 15»
7
Partick Thistle FC's new mascot described as “terrifying”
Now, however, the decorously-named Scottish football club Partick Thistle have stunned supporters and neutrals alike with the design of their ... «euronews, Jun 15»
8
When school slops went off to the corporation pig farm
... because if you look at the two ladies in the background watching other decorously dressed lasses getting on to the animals, they are in fits of ... «Shields Gazette, Jun 15»
9
Ken Smith At Large
French for swallow, which is what you did with the plonk rather than sip it decorously. And Bull's Blood may well have shared similar tastes to ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
10
From the archive, 20 June 1928: An impression of Mrs Pankhurst
... my feet clad in the stout low-heeled walking shoes of pre-war scholastic convention and my youthful ankles decorously concealed by the tight ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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