He pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But the twins comported themselves most decorously. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Says So] Reference
When she talks about policy, her g's are decorously in place. From Wordnik.com. [For Candidates, An Accent on Authenticity] Reference
Even if Cupid appeared, he was decorously framed or pedestaled. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
The long line of choir boys issued decorously from the side door of. From Wordnik.com. [Polly and the Princess] Reference
He did it without noise or fuss, just sliding decorously into death. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Rifles]
He commanded his helpers decorously, dolorously, with great dignity. From Wordnik.com. [An Excellent Mystery]
"Now if he decorously waits to the next to the last day --!" murmured. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
Judge Sharp strove to look decorously concerned, but spite of himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Phœbe went decorously down the road, across the wooden bridge over the. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
Jerry Macy in Marjorie's ear as they filed decorously through the corridor. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
She said it was of the first importance to do this thing decorously and in order. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Well-trained servant, Edwards, -- he walked off with the message as decorously as you please. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
His body was brought back to France, and his soi-disant widow mourned him decorously for a year. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
He could tell a good story, and make merry decorously, as befitted a Company Quartermaster-Sergeant. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
A hybrid cough and laugh, smothered decorously, but still recognizable, from the courtly Guy himself!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
Mrs. Roth decorously turned the conversation toward the safe and reliable subjects of literature and art. From Wordnik.com. [The Blood of the Conquerors] Reference
Filing decorously into the rather small office, the nine girls grouped themselves about the manager's chair. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
The officers averted their eyes decorously, while Roger gazed at her with aloof impersonality, simply curious. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
The beautifully decorated saloon had a sprinkling of well-dressed men and women already dining decorously there. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference
The relic of the old régime restrained his surprise at these democratic doings, smiled decorously, and withdrew. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
In this silent house of sadness men stepped quietly, gravely, decorously, and served you with courteous sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
There is a conventional teaching which we decorously administer, and leave our pupils to disavow it when they can. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
He could not see them with the Regimienta, and he looked round to see them watching decorously from the river-bank. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
Young girls, two, three, and four, cantered by; their linen habits rose and fell decorously, their hair was smooth. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Hand up, glove on, rings on, hook behind ear jewelry, decorously concealed by the fringed dupattas draped over our heads. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Mother Marshall sat quite decorously in the automobile till the train drew up to the platform and people began to get out. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
And as they reached a curve in the river, Hume stopped, swung around, stood studying the line of decorously pacing animals. From Wordnik.com. [Star Hunter] Reference
Let us endeavour to straighten up our opinions, to walk them soberly and decorously before us in an atmosphere of propriety. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
Twelve times the bell is struck: first by a man, who turns decorously with his hammer, and then by a woman, who does the same. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
They chatted volubly over this idiosyncrasy, and even laughed at it, but quite decorously so that our feelings might be spared. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route] Reference
We partook decorously, with controlled elbows, endeavoring to appear as if we were accustomed to sit at tables and manage plates. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
Moriah, over which Essec her husband's brother lorded; and him she addressed decorously, as one does address a ruler of the capel. From Wordnik.com. [My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People] Reference
Two or three there were (there were reasons, doubtless) whose cheeks he kissed decorously, yet possibly with some degree of relish. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Everything goes on quietly and decorously, but there is no sense of united destiny, no pleasurable desire for a union beyond the grave. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Thanking the lieutenant, we left the wardroom, as may be supposed, decorously enough; but we had no sooner got out on the dock without than. From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
The answer appeared in the Nov. 9 New Yorker, when John Updike came in on little catty feet, quietly, decorously but with claws at the ready. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Wolfe Bites Back] Reference
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