Dictionary Entry
decorous
decorous is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.
- 2adjective
characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
"the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
- 3adjective
according with custom or propriety
"her becoming modesty"
"comely behavior"
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