decorously

Example Sentences

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Her confidante immediately hastens off to write “The Tears of the Comet,” an allegorical tale that decorously recasts certain incidents from his stay.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

“You see physical changes in people, depending on how things are going,” Mr. Yeo said in his studio, where he had decorously turned the still-unveiled painting away from the gaze of curious visitors.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

At the end of January, they calmly and decorously elected a proposed transition president and prime minister.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2022

A team of scientists recently discovered a parasitic and tarantula-killing species of worm, which have been decorously named "Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi" after Daniels and his spider-killing character.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2022

The faerie woman adjusted her silk robe and was once more decorously covered.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman