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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
decorous /ˈdɛk(ə)rəs/

▶adjective in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

– derivatives
decorously adverb,
decorousness noun.

– origin C17: from L. decorus ‘seemly’ + -ous.

'decorous' also found in these Oxford entries:

becoming - chaperone - immodest - ladylike

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