Translation of decorous – English–Danish dictionary
decorous
adjective
/ˈdekərəs/ ● formal
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(Translation of decorous from the PASSWORD English–Danish Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)
Examples of decorous
decorous
In many of them there is a weekly night when their wives and lady relations and friends come, and the whole of the proceedings are absolutely decorous in every way.
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Again they say that some of the dances, especially in cabaret or similar scenes, are of a nature that cannot be considered decorous or even decent.
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Sometimes one can use it of a grown-up, saying that he should act in a generally decorous manner, not go to excess, restrain himself.
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He takes seriously the ' conversation ' in ' criminal conversation ', contending that the very rise of ' criminal conversation ' cases bears the stamp of the fashion for thinking about decorous sociability.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Moreover, he did not provide prescriptions for decorous building.
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Surely we should be surprised that, on the whole, we maintain such decorous standards of public behaviour at any age.
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But this decorous play of identity, you remember, has also been pleasurable.
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If so, it would be more decorous if they stood up and said so instead of disguising their views.
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Translations of decorous
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digne…
terbiyeli, yakışık alır…
betamelijk…
uhlazený, korektní…
sopan…
เหมาะสม…
đứng đắn…
stosowny, przyzwoity…
anständig, korrekt, värdig…
sopan…
anständig…
anstendig, verdig, kultivert…
пристойний, порядний…
